. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 460 MEDICINAL PLANTS MEDICINAL PLANTS quality can be distilled from the leaves by steam, and further experiments are now in progress in the hope of utilizing this source or method for camphor products. Caraway (Carum Carui, Linn.). UmMliferm. (G. F. Klugh.) Caraway is usually a perennial herb, having an enlarged, fleshy root; erect, slender, somewhat branching stem, reaching a height of two feet, bearing pinnately compound leaves, the segments of which are very narrow, almost filiform; the small white flowers form a flat-topped umbel; the
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 460 MEDICINAL PLANTS MEDICINAL PLANTS quality can be distilled from the leaves by steam, and further experiments are now in progress in the hope of utilizing this source or method for camphor products. Caraway (Carum Carui, Linn.). UmMliferm. (G. F. Klugh.) Caraway is usually a perennial herb, having an enlarged, fleshy root; erect, slender, somewhat branching stem, reaching a height of two feet, bearing pinnately compound leaves, the segments of which are very narrow, almost filiform; the small white flowers form a flat-topped umbel; the fruits, the so-called "caraway," are narrow, ribbed, pointed at the ends, and have the characteristic caraway flavor due to the volatile oils contained in them. It is a native of Europe but is widely introduced into the United States, occurring wild or in kitchen gardens. Attempts are being made to produce it commercially in the United States to supply the large demand now satisfied from abroad, chiefly from Holland and middle Russia. It grows well on heavy soils, but a moderately light soil gives larger yields and is supposed to give a grade containing more oil. The seed should be sown about the first of April in three-foot drills, at the rate of about eight pounds per acre, or in sufficient quantity to give a stand of plants about three inches or less apart. After the plants come up the soil should be cultivated shallow and weeds killed regularly until late summer the first year and early spring of the second year. Weeds left in the field at harvest time will contaminate the product when the seeds are harvested and reduce the value. The seeds ripen about the middle of June the second year, and may be cut with a mower, threshed out and" cleaned. The seeds should be light brown if cut just after the first seeds are ripe and before the stalks are dead. Cutting at this time makes a good salable product and avoids waste by shatter- ing of the seeds. An acre should y
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