To: steppenwolffe
Didn't Oliver Sacks have a story about Jimson weed in one of his books? An amateur gardener wanted to make a tomato plant that wasn't chilling-sensitive, so he grafted a tomato onto a Jimson weed rootstock. It worked, sort of -- the plant did fine at low temperatures but the tomatoes did strange things to the gardener's mind.
To: omega4412
Didn't Oliver Sacks have a story about Jimson weed in one of his books? An amateur gardener wanted to make a tomato plant that wasn't chilling-sensitive, so he grafted a tomato onto a Jimson weed rootstock. It worked, sort of -- the plant did fine at low temperatures but the tomatoes did strange things to the gardener's mindInspiration for "Little Shop of Horrors"?
57 posted on
11/14/2003 11:32:54 AM PST by
3catsanadog
(When anything goes, everything does.)
To: omega4412
Didn't Oliver Sacks have a story about Jimson weed in one of his books? I don't recall...though I love his books...."The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" is my favorite...
68 posted on
11/14/2003 1:33:47 PM PST by
stands2reason
(REWARD! Tagline missing since 10/21. Pithy, clever. Last seen in Chat. Sentimental value.)
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