Buck's-Horn, Or Cocks Head Plantain. Article XXVI
Description
This section is from the book "Cooking Vegetables. Practical American Cookery", by Jules Arthur Harder. Also available from Amazon: The Physiology Of Taste.
Buck's-Horn, Or Cocks Head Plantain. Article XXVI
Plantain ou Corn de Serf. Paradiesfeige.
No. 261. - This is a hardy annual. The root leaves are put forth horizontally, and spread regularly about a common center, somewhat in the form of a rosette. The plant is cultivated for its leaves, which are used as a salad. They should be plucked while young and tender, or when half-grown.
Culture
No. 262. - It succeeds best in soil comparatively light. Sow in April in shallow drills, eight inches apart. When the plants are about an inch high thin them to four inches apart.
Continue to:
My Books
