I see fields of this crop growing when driving around the lower North Island. Some one has said that it did not grow as far north as the Waikato. That makes me wonder if it prefers the colder climes and therefore the central core of the stalk it is sweeter when it is grown right down south. If that is so, it would account for the differing memories of it’s sweetness. Cheers Desma Bowman On 6/06/2014, at 2:06 PM, Graham Hoult <g.hoult@igrin.co.nz> wrote: