Saffron:Cultivating a Beneficial Crop along the California Coast

摘要

The box arrived by mail on an afternoon in late September. I rushed out the front door, late for an appointment, only to be halted by a big cardboard carton on my doorstep. Hoping to deal with unpacking its contents later, I tried to push it aside with my foot. To my surprise, it didn't budge. I toppled over, spilling my mug of peppermint tea all over it. Oh, yeah, it's the saffron, I thought—15,000 corms of Crocus sativus to be exact.