Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America Merritt Lyndon Fernald 1958

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE "Is it good to eat?" Anyone who has asked or been asked this question about some of our wild plants will find this book a fascinating source of answers. For it is not only accurate and complete, but is also rich in knowledge of the history of these plants and the ways in which they have been put to human use. Most of us know a limited number of berries that make good eating, but few realize the variety of wild roots, new shoots, and young herbage that can be welcomed at the table. The book covers all of the edible flowering plants and ferns, plus the important mushrooms, seaweeds and lichens growing wild east of the Great Plains and north of Peninsular Florida. It first itemizes these plants according to use: for purees and soups, cereals, nuts and breadstuffs, green vegetables, salads, relishes, pickles, seasonings, drinks, marmalades, fruits, oils and butter. There is a warning chapter on poisonous plants likely to be mistaken for edible ones. Then, in systematic order, the book describes the species that are good for food, giving precise information on their characters for identification, habitat, range, season of availability, and recipes for preparation. One of the most valuable features of the work is the variety of illustrations. These include thirty-six photographic plates, and over one hundred and twenty line drawings as aids to identification. Based on the original work of Merritt Lyndon Fernald and Alfred Charles Kinsey at the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, the book reflects their first- hand experience of camping and experimenting with plants of the woods and fields. It has been revised and brought fully up to date with recent research by Reed C. Rollins, the present Director of the Gray Herbarium.

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