Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-18
SPRING GREENS
By SAMUEL SCOVILLE, Jr.

Now is the time for greens. After the
wilted. much-travcled winter vegetables and
canned fruits, one feels like eating something
that has the tang of spring and the flavor
| and the splcery of the fields and woods
It is the same way with animals. The old
black bear In the early spring, when he creeps
out of the hole that he has dug and hidden with
under the roots Of some fallen tree. starts the
first thing after a mess of greens. About the
tight-roIled leaves OF the skunk cabbage
With M It's ivory. smooth, crim99n-likss bloss0mt
leaves look like bright green cigars. Mr.
and gulp them down we do early spinach
II he does he has tough mouth and
one day / sat down resting in the spring
%9Sd' BY yoS M side was E one oot Of those Hoa green %
though 1 can't recommend the smell. In
order to qualify as real nature student,
Then l got rid of II rudely but forcibly. and
ran for the nearest water. It felt Just as II
one OF those terrible 'elenhant ears" which we
boys used to dare each other to taste when
read recently nature article whose
writer mentioned the Indian turnip as being
The Indian tSrnig Is the bulb Of the tSc&EIin, kin
Of rd without NS Geas fn ReSG
half half hour AZ FIR first there there Is no taste at all
coated with a mixture OF powdered, glass, and
nitric G aGid, The pain is awful, and no
The. commonest Wild green is. of course,
the dandelion. Dug UP young washed and
young marigold with broad leaves and bright
yellow 9Wers usually known as the cow owl
must must be picked before It gets old ID and tough.
that at is 'F hardly known. In ne early May the
fields are fun Of sproqting milkweed. A. the
not yet unfolded. Break those Off and pick
u Il yen aEe 9y on Sonf next or wa
can't mistake the plant. thick white milky
We boys, used to believe would cure warts
u rubbed on them at the full of the moon.
leaves that you ' can r rdnd. take them home and
ask your mother to cook them just as she
TS hem The 9HF very next day sht aer Sa
school. you'll be sent out to look for moro.
or The use other q leaves haSe 6itsT taste
There are other good things to TO- nibble and
bark bark Of % the Spice bush. whose blossoms stud
Its black ShS Ssr 6 d tb SeSs SS the ns fSs
roots and the trefoil leaves OF the sassafras
quicker on on a long walk than a mouthfuI or
so OF fresh, cool saBsafras leaves, Then there
h owef wa nae gws III Rden & gas tSs
earth. The root tastes Just like ginger. The
checker feE Berry which which you viii nd sreWins ali
aI fs sso P6s soed 10 s6e e New e
Don't forget the next time you walk beside
the spearmInt. You win smell 1t before you
see i. II has crinkly green leaf and a
the mints. Dig some up and bring II home.
II will grow anywhere and spread and you
can always have mint sauce without having to
buy your mint,
has long. nat, sword-shaped leaves with a
groove In the middle, and looks like tenn
pered green steel Al the bottom the green
changes into a dark wine red. The root is
pure white inside. Pull apart the two outer
leaves and you'll hnd inside a soft. wet new
a bit strong, but good. Cut It into thin |
slices and candy II and you'll find nothing
better. Perhaps you may be fortunate enough |
10 md some clear stream or spring where |
the watercTess grows The cress has a curl
wide tennis racket 1t tastes peppery and
good, and makes 2 nne salad or q good lunch
ail-day tramp BE sure you don't take II |
from stream where the water is gray and
learn ali Of these for they were especially |
Elrls.