[Sca-cooks] A silly question

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> He(?) also says:
> Oregano is hardier than majoram and consequently enjoys a wider
> distribution.  Majoram sticks close to the Mediterranean basin, where
> it was born. Oregano penetrates even into quite cool areas of the
> temperate zone; it grows wild in England, for instance. When it first
> appeared there in 1597, John Gerard called it in his _Herball_,
> "Bastard Majerome of Candy," that is, of Ceylon.

Let me check Bancke's Herbal of 1512, which mentions oregany. I think the
Bastard Majerome of Candy was a special cultivar.

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