Life on Peace and Plenty Farm
It came back as being Grade One - highest quality! Whooohoo! California-grown saffron ranks up-there with the best saffron in the world. Here is a short article by the International Organization for Standards, whose standards our saffron was measured with, about...
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When a saffron crocus corm (a corm being similar to, but not a true bulb) is growing and reproducing, the "daughter" corms feed off of the "mother" corm and grow in size as the mother eventually becomes just a small, dried-out and shriveled remnant that then disintegrates entirely into the soil. Each corm can make many daughters, and a successful saffron farmer hopes for many large, fat daughters produced every year, thereby multiplying their yields of saffron in coming years. Plant one corm, and end up with dozens of saffron plants - it’s a great investment into the future.
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