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Old February 19, 2008   #6
Ruth_10
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The first entry I see in the SSE Yearbooks was in 1996 where an SSE member from MN listed it and said it was from the Ukraine and seeds were received in 1995.
Perhaps the name "Black Ethiopian" is just that, a name, and the variety never actually set foot in Ethiopia. Now Tadesse and Wuhib, those hail from Ethiopia.
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