. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 950 The American Florist. June 77, and the growers regarding the price of asparagus. It is never sold here bunched, but by the pound or loose as cut. Some growers have contracted their supply at 10 cents per pound, and some the daily market prices. These latter have fared better as the cold weather has kept the price close to 15 cents. The Brake Fern as a Vegetable. While we have been regarding the bracken (brake fern) as a useful plant for clothing our commons with verdure, carpeting woodlands, and furnishing sup
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 950 The American Florist. June 77, and the growers regarding the price of asparagus. It is never sold here bunched, but by the pound or loose as cut. Some growers have contracted their supply at 10 cents per pound, and some the daily market prices. These latter have fared better as the cold weather has kept the price close to 15 cents. The Brake Fern as a Vegetable. While we have been regarding the bracken (brake fern) as a useful plant for clothing our commons with verdure, carpeting woodlands, and furnishing supplies of fronds for protective pur- poses, and for litter in stables, the Jap- anese have been utilizing the fern as a vegetable. Baron Suyematsu recently invited a party of journalists and others to meet him at the Japanese club to taste the bracken in a cooked state, says the Gardener's Magazine. It was stated in the course of the proceedings, that if the fronds are gathered in the spring in their curling stage, and properly cooked, they make an excellent vegetable. Also that, under the designation of "Warabi," the tender curling fronds have been cooked and eaten in Japan for centuries, and that the dish formed with them is a favorite one among all classes from the emperor downwards. Baron Suyematsu. noticing how plentiful this fern is in the united kingdom, and knowing how highly appreciated it is by his country- men when cooked, thought it desirable that its usefulness as a vegetable should be made known to the public at large. Hop Sprouts as Vegetables. In the early spring, when there is a great scarcity of fresh vegetables, chicory and spinach being about the only resource of the housewife, tender young hop sprouts are exposed for sale in the Brussels, Belgium, market, and are in great demand during the season, which lasts from March 15 to April 15. Forced hop sprouts may be had as early as March i, but they are not as tender and succulent as sprouts cut from th
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