ORACH. 159 



Leaves seven or eight inches long, halberd- "Winter or 



Common 



shaped, deep green, thin in texture, and Prickly Spin- 

 nearly erect on the stalk of the plant ; seeds 

 prickly. 



From this variety, most of the improved kinds of Prickly 

 Spinach have been obtained ; and the Common Winter, or 

 Prickly-seeded, is now considered scarcely worthy of culti- 

 vation. 



The leaves of this variety are similar in Yellow Sor- 

 form and appearance to those of the Garden Spinach, 



Sorrel. They are of medium size, entire on 

 the border, yellowish-white at the base, green- 

 er at the tips, and blistered on the surface. 



New. Represented as being hardy, productive, slow in 

 the development of its flower-stalk, and of good quality. 



ORACH. 



Arrach. French Spinach. Mountain Spinach. Atriplex 

 hortensis. 



Orach is a hardy annual plant, with an erect, branching 

 stem, from three to four feet in height. The leaves are va- 

 riously shaped, thin in texture, and slightly acid to the 

 taste. The seeds are small, black, and surrounded by a 

 thin, pale-yellow membrane : their vitality is retained three 

 years. 



Sowing and Culture. The seeds are sown in drills 

 eighteen inches apart, and three-fourths of an inch in depth ; 

 the plants afterwards being thinned to twelve inches apart 

 in the drills. It requires high culture : when grown in dry, 

 arid soil, it is nearly worthless. 



jj SQf Orach is rarely found in the vegetable gardens of 

 this country. The leaves have a pleasant, slightly acid 



