| Vegetables included kale, cabbage, onions and leeks, peas and beans and turnips, and some types no longer common, such as skirret. |
| When the roots have attained their full size, they are usually dressed in the manner of skirret and Scorzonera. |
| The skirret gets an early head start, and is in full size and bloom by the time the hog peanut gets going. |
| 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. |
| John Winthrop Jr. ordered three ounces of skirret seed for his father's Massachusetts farmstead. |
| Skirret is cooked and eaten in the same ways as salsify and scorzonera. |
