[Seedgeeks] kales

[Ben Haskell]

Nick Routledge wrote:

> This season I have sown over 20 varieties of kale, to trial ...and 
> Ostfriesische Palm kales from Switzerland....


I believe Ostfriesische means "East Friesland", a Northwest provence of 
Germany. I'm not sure, but Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan's counterpart 
during the 1980s, may have be from there. Kohl means kale or cabbage or 
perhaps any brassica, so Ronald was talking to "Mr Kale Head", LOL :-D

Ostfriesische Palme was common in the 1960s, but almost went extinct, 
but for the efforts of folks associated with
Dreschflegel Kale Seeds  
<http://www.shop.dreschflegel-saatgut.de/index.php?cPath=141_145>or
Dreschflegel Ostfriesische Palme Project 
<http://www.dreschflegel-saatgut.de/info-sorten/kohl/ostfriesische-palme.php>