SEED GROWERS 35 
HERBS — Continued 
FENNEL, FLORENCE 
An annual grown for the blanched base of its stem, which when cooked 
has a sweet taste, a delicate odor and somewhat resembles celery. 
FENNEL, SWEET OR COMMON 
Foliage used as a salad and the seed for flavoring. 
HOREHOUND 
The leaves of this perennial are used in medicines for coughs and colds. 
HYSSOP 
A perennial grown for the use of its foliage in medicine. 
LAVENDER 
A hardy perennial grown for its fragrance. 
SWEET MARJORAM 
Treated as an annual and the younger foliage used for seasoning. 
ROSEMARY 
A fragrant perennial used for seasoning and medicinal purposes. 
RUE 
A hardy perennial to be used with caution medicinally. 
SAFFRON 
An annual used for seasoning, coloring and making cosmetics. 
SAGE 
The well known, hardy perennial used for seasoning. 
SUMMER SAVORY 
The foliage and flowers of this annual used for flavoring and seasoning. 
THYME 
The leaves of this perennial are used for seasoning and medicinally. 
WORMWOOD 
Perennial. A plant of fragrant odor but very bitter taste; leaves used as a 
tonic. 
KALE OR BORECOLE 
Cuiture. In Virginia, kale planted in late August has some of its 
plants thinned out and sent to market within sixty days and the cutting 
then continues until the field is clean in April. Further north, kale is 
treated like a cabbage; that is, planted early in spring in hotbeds or out- 
of- doors and it is used in the fall when light frosts have improved it. 
Kale is sown in two and three-foot drills and then thinned to six to 
twenty-four inches, according to varieties. One ounce sows generously 
ome hundred yards and four pounds plant an acre. 
DWARF BLUE SCOTCH 55 Days 
Plant has wide-spreading, finely curled blue-green, plume-like leaves and 
stands about 14 inches in height 
DWARF CURLED SCOTCH 55 Days 
Plant low and compact, but with large, bright, deep green leaves, curled, 
cut. and crimped until the whole plant resembles a bunch of moss. One 
of the best and most dependable types. When well grown and cooked is 
one of the most palatable of vegetables. Used as greens. 
SIBERIAN OR SPROUTS 65 Days 
In this variety the very large, green leaves are comparatively plain in the 
center but coarsely cut and frilled on the edge. The plant is low but 
spreading and very hardy. 
TALL CURLED SCOTCH 60 Days 
About 30 inches tall, with an abundance of dark green leaves, which are 
densely curled and cut, forming a very beautiful plant. It stands the win- 
ter in the middle states without any protection. 
