The skirret gets an early head start, and is in full size and bloom by the time the hog peanut gets going. |
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The skirret is a native of China, and was so much valued in Rome, that it is said the emperor Tiberius accepted the roots for tribute. |
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I have no idea whether sparrows eat skirret, but they were definitely sniffing around it the other night. |
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John Winthrop Jr. ordered three ounces of skirret seed for his father's Massachusetts farmstead. |
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Vegetables included kale, cabbage, onions and leeks, peas and beans and turnips, and some types no longer common, such as skirret. |
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Skirret is cooked and eaten in the same ways as salsify and scorzonera. |
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