 | George William Johnson - Vegetable gardening - 1836 - 316 pages
...whole plant is eaten, being employed in soups, &c., and is by some persons boiled and eaten with meat. THE Leek is a hardy biennial, for although it attains...seed until the second, the perfecting of which it also often survives. VARIETIES. There are four varieties; the Musselburgh, and the large London Leek,... | |
 | George William Johnson - Cottage gardening - 1857 - 852 pages
...(lying-down). ¿. April. Hudson's Bay. Г;62. i;63. LEE-CHEE. 'Uiim Litchi' . LEEK. (A'lliumpo'rrum.) The leek is a hardy biennial; for although it attains...is eaten, being employed in soups, &c., and boiled and eaten with meat. Varieties.—The Jlfusselbtirgh and the large L'indon Leek, which are by far the... | |
 | Garden manual - 1861 - 274 pages
...unsightlinesa and expense of poles are avoided. LEEK (Allium porrum). The Leek is a hardy biennial, {or, although it attains perfection in size and for culinary...is eaten, being employed in soups, &c., and boiled and eaten with meat. Varieties. — The Musselburgh, and the large London Leek, which are by far the... | |
 | Garden manual - 1863 - 274 pages
...continue much longer in bearing, and the unsightliness and expense of poles are avoided. LEEK (Alliwn porrum). The Leek is a hardy biennial, for, although...purposes the first year, it does not run to seed, the perfecting of which it often survives, until the second. The whole plant is eaten, being employed... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 1286 pages
...Роггия), a hardy biennial plant. Although the leek attains perfection in aize and for culinary purposes in the first year, it does not run to seed until the second, the perfecting of which it often abo survives. The whole of the plant is eaten, being uaed in soups, Ac., and by some person» is boiled... | |
 | George William Johnson - Gardening - 1877 - 932 pages
...Litchi'. LEEK. (A'llium po'rrum.) The leek is a hardy biennial; for although it attains perfection in mze and for culinary purposes the first year, it does...is eaten, being employed in soups, &c., and boiled and eaten with meat. Varietiet.—The Mustelburyh and the large London Leek, which are by far the best... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - Patents - 1855 - 832 pages
...especially the more hardy buds. LEEK. (Alliiim i¿rrism.) The leek is a hardy biennial, for althou¿h it attains perfection in size and for culinary purposes the first year, it does not run to se.d nati AGRWEILTURAL REPORT. the second, the perfecting of which it often survives. Tb. whole plant... | |
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porrum.) The leek is a hardy biennial, for although it attains perfection in size and for culinary purposes the first year, it does not run to seed until the second, the perfecting of which it often survives. The whole plant is eaten, being employed in... 