[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] some kind of grain

[Dr Susanne Jeske]

I found eather mais or buckwheat, having looked on the german page of 
whikipedia..
Have a nice day and sorry for my bad english...
Susanne






Am 30.11.2013 04:40, schrieb Otto:
>
> On Nov 29, 2013, at 9:30 PM, rlyster wrote:
>
>> Maybe you mean Weisekorn  or Wheat??   Rita
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Richard Benert" <benovich at live.com>
>> To: "SGGEE" <ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org>
>> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 7:28:10 PM
>> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] some kind of grain
>>
>> Does anyone happen to know what "Welschkorn" might be, or what it might have
>> been back around 1800?  The Russian government's recruitment propaganda
>> included it along with wine, saffron, melons and tobacco in a list of all
>> the wonderful things that would grow in the Odessa region.
>>
>>  From the Department of Silly Questions in Bozeman.
>> Dick Benert
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> BUCKWHEAT
> I cannot state with certainty but I'd place my nickel on Buckwheat.
>
> Buchweizen = Beechwheat = Buckwheat = Fagopyrum esculentum related to rhubarb, an ancient seed cultivated approximately 8,000 years. We raised a field of it each year for baking and as a grits sausage ingredient.  My son saw fields of it growing in Bhutan.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat
>
> Schwarzes Welschkorn {n} [Buchweizen]
> buckwheat [Fagopyrum esculentum, syn.: F. emarginatum]bot.
> common buckwheat [Fagopyrum esculentum, syn.: F. emarginatum]bot.
> Japanese buckwheat [Fagopyrum esculentum, syn.: F. emarginatum]bot.
> silverhull buckwheat [Fagopyrum esculentum, syn.: F. emarginatum]bot.
>
> http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Schwarzes+Welschkorn.html
>
> http://translation.babylon.com/german/Welschkorn/#
> Welschkorn in German
> Welschkorn bezeichnet:
> 	• (Alt)-Mais (von „welschem Korn“)
> 	• Echter Buchweizen (auch Schwarzes Welschkorn)
>
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welschkorn
>
> . . .   Otto
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