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This message was edited Aug 25, 2004 4:42 PM
Two Basils both labeled as 'Sweet Basil'
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This message was edited Aug 25, 2004 4:36 PM
I actually found out what was wrong here. The top picture is Sweet Basil - Genovese.
The lower basil was marked wrong; it is actually 'African Blue' Basil.
As pointed out by someone who knows better.
And in the picture at Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages; the leaves are identical.
Scroll down a little; second leaf from the left: red makings and all.
Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)
http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_noframe.html?Ocim_bas.html