Very common stock food. We grew Chou for stock food in the horopheuna and Mananwatu, but it does not grow well in the north like around the Waikato. Robyn ----- Original Message Follows ----- > you should look up Chou Moellier it is a green brassica > family. A crop grown in southland for cattle feed > > cheers > Cynthia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stan Smith > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:18 PM > To: 'Stuart Park' ; 'Judith Harper' ; 'NZ Rootsweb list' > Subject: Re: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? > > I remember this a boy and it was common feed crop for > stock at the time. It grew reasonably tall (remembering as > a child) and had a head when mature. When spoken it was > one word choumollier or commonly referred to as chou. It > was never eaten by us but did have thick stem. > > Stan Smith > > > -----Original Message----- > From: new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Stuart Park Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2014 9:53 p.m. > To: Judith Harper; NZ Rootsweb list > Subject: Re: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? > > It's chou moellier - chou being French for cabbage. It's a > kale, Brassica oleracea > > > Stuart Park > Kerikeri, New Zealand > spark@xtra.co.nz > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Judith Harper <quester@orcon.net.nz> > >To: NZ Rootsweb list <new-zealand@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2014 9:32 PM > >Subject: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? > > > > > > > >A friend writing about growing up in Southland many years > ago and a >wonderful holiday she had on a farm, notes the > following - > > > cropsforthestock,likecorn > > ,turnipsand*charmolan*(itcangrow5 to6 > > foothigh).*Charmolan* hasathicksteamlikesugar > caneandwhenyoupealtheouterlayeroffitleavesasweet,juicy > ,crispcentre. > > > > >I don't know what this charmolan is and cannot find it in > my >dictionaries. Can anyone please confirm that the name > is correct OR >suggest what my friend may have been > referring to. She was a child at >the time and is just > writing from memories of what she heard spoken. > > >Many thanks > > > >Judith Harper > > > > > >The List Guidelines > > > >http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message