Cheremsha

[Francoise Rosset]

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:47:03 -0500
  Olga Meerson <meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU> wrote:
> Chives. Grows everywhere, even in public parks..
> o.m 

It's a wild relative of chives.
It's not what speakers of American English commonly mean by "chives."

In North America, standard kitchen chives have the smallest leaves -- 
thin straw-like stalks, and the flowers are a small purple clump 
(sometimes white). Chives are called "ciboulette" in French and 
"Schnittlauch" in German, as opposed to ramson, which is "Bärlauch" 
and "Zigeunerlauch."

Don't know about cheremsha, but English ramson has pointy white 
flowers and real, broad leaves that look like lily-of-the-valley. The 
best pictures are at:

for ransom/ bear's garlic (scroll down all the way):
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bärlauch

for chives:
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&q=chives&btnG=Search+Images

Now which one is cheremsha??
Or is it something else again?

-FR


Francoise Rosset, Associate Professor
Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
Office: (508) 285-3696
FAX:   (508) 286-3640

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