SC - Salsify or Oyster Plant
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Fri Jan 15 09:35:50 PST 1999
LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
>
> Everywhere I looked it simply said it is an
> ancient vegetable. Did you try looking it up under the term 'oyster plant'? It
> can be grown succesfully whereever carrots and parsnips thrive. I will
> continue looking for more info and post it as I find it unless there is
> someone else who might be able to help here..
The aptly-named-but-not-always-scholastically-impeccable Waverly Root
sez it is believed to be native to the Mediterranean Basin, possibly the
African side.
IIRC, I have seen no references to salsify in any period source in a
language I can understand or otherwise access. I wonder if it's one of
those vegetables that began to be cultivated and widely eaten late in
period, or possibly later still.
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
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