. Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting, curing and uses. Herbs. CULINARY HERBS 13 were highly esteemed prior to our era; in the gos- pels of Matthew and Luke reference is made to tithes of mint, anise, rue, cummin and other ''herbs" ; and, more than 700 years previously, Isaiah speaks of the sowing and threshing of cummin which, since the same passage (Isaiah xxviii, 25) also speaks of ''fitches" (vetches), wheat, barley and "rie" (rye), seems then to have been a valued crop. The development of the herb crops contrasts strongly with that of the other crops to which
. Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting, curing and uses. Herbs. CULINARY HERBS 13 were highly esteemed prior to our era; in the gos- pels of Matthew and Luke reference is made to tithes of mint, anise, rue, cummin and other ''herbs" ; and, more than 700 years previously, Isaiah speaks of the sowing and threshing of cummin which, since the same passage (Isaiah xxviii, 25) also speaks of ''fitches" (vetches), wheat, barley and "rie" (rye), seems then to have been a valued crop. The development of the herb crops contrasts strongly with that of the other crops to which refer- ence has just been made. Where- as these latter have continued to be staples, and to judge by their behavior during the last century may be considered to have im- proved in quality and yield since that ancient time, the former have dropped to the most subordinate position of all food plants. They have lost in number of species, and have shown less improvement than perhaps any other groups of plants cultivated for economic pur- poses. During the century just closed only one species, parsley, may be said to have developed more than an occasional improved variety. And even during this period the list of species seems to have been somewhat curtailed—tansy, hyssop, hore- hound, rue and several others being considered of too pronounced and even unpleasant flavor to suit cultivated Popular Spades. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York, Orange Judd company; [etc. , etc. ]
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