ORACH, or MOUNTAIN SPINACH

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ORACH, or MOUNTAIN SPINACH , known botanically as Atriplex hortensis, a tall-growing

hardy

annual, whose leaves, though coarsely flavoured, are used as a substitute for spinach, and to correct the acidity of sorrel. The

white

and the green are the most desirable varieties. The plant should be grown quickly in

rich

soil. It may be sown in rows 2 ft. apart, and about the same distance in the row, about

March

, and for succession again in June. If needful, water must be freely given, so as to maintain a rapid growth. A variety, A. ;ortensis var. rubra, commonly called red

mountain

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical
mons
- MONS (Flemish Bergen)
, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

spinach, is a

hardy

HARDY,
ALEXANDRE
- ALEXANDRE, NOEL (NATALIS ALEXANDER) (1639-1724)
(1569?-1631)
HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

annual 3 to 4 ft. high with fine ornamental foliage.

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