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Tonburi: Land Caviar
(Bassia scoparia)

Tonburi 15 days after sowing (click for full sized image) Tonburi at 14 weeks (click for full sized image) Tonburi at 18 weeks (click for full sized image)
Tonburi 15 days after sowing Tonburi at 14 weeks Tonburi at 18 weeks
Tonburi flower buds (click for full sized image) Tonburi self-seeding (click for full sized image) Tonburi tasting in Japan (click for full sized image)
Flower buds 27th August 2006 New generation germinating 7th March 2007 Japan - shop tonburi tasted bland

A crop trial was carried out in 2006 and may be repeated but for 2010 we will have no tonburi for sale.