40
days to first edible leaves-4' tall or more. A lovely glowing
purple-red variety of a once-popular salad and cooking green that
fell out of favor sometime around the turn of the last century.
Also known as Mountain Spinach and Butter Leaves. Leaves described
as arrow-shaped and/or shaped like spinach. Apparently used to
be mixed with sorrel leaves to balance their acid taste. Holds
its flavor into the summer months better than spinach (i.e., is
less apt to become bitter). Most types revert to green when cooked.
Highly prized by the rabbits in my garden. Small, flat, round
seeds are surrounded by a circular, semi-transparent, frisbee-like
sail to help them disperse around your garden, where they will
sometimes self-sow. Very hardy. Plant as early as ground can be
worked. $2.50/approximately 250 seeds
