1971 Caraway is an annual or biennial plant of the carrot family, grown for the seeds, which are widely used in cookery. The leaves are greatly compound, with thread-like divisions. The flower stock is 2 feet or more in height. Flowers and seeds are borne in clusters.
Seeds are ovate to oblong, somewhat ribbed.
Like carrots, the plant forms a rosette of leaves and a tuberous root the first season, and the seed stalk the second year. About 4 months. 40 acres reported 1949 census. No later data. Around 6,000,000 pounds imported.