It's 8 to 9 cm. Centimeters are a standard for flower bulb sizes worldwide, even here in the US. The notation is, however, bizarre.
Remek On Jan 20, 2008 8:59 PM, Pierre Abbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 20 January 2008 19:10, Stan Jakuba wrote: > > Speaking of cm and mm, we just got a mailing of crocus bulbs where the > > package says : Bulb size: 8/9 cm > > Caution: Do not eat. > > Country of origin: USA > > www.wrvanderschoot.com > > > > Yes, you guessed it. Not even in the USA do crocus bulbs amount to more > > than 8/9 mm. We are devastated - being deprived of the fame for planting > > the greatest crocus bulbs the world had ever seen. :-) > > Did they mean "8 to 9 millimeters", or did they mean "eight ninths of a > centimeter", which is about 8.9 mm? > > phma > >
