esculents

As the esculents increased in number, it became necessary to enlarge the simple beds, which threatened to grow into regular fields and replace the meadows.

The Mysterious Island 2005

As the esculents increased in number, it became necessary to enlarge the simple beds, which threatened to grow into regular fields and replace the meadows.

The Mysterious Island 2005

In forming a new garden, and in cases where it may not be possible to grow both these esculents satisfactorily, Sea Kale should have attention first, as a thing that will require but a small investment, and that will surely pay its way, with quick returns, to the general advantage of the household.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons

It is a very agreeable and pleasant addition to the list of vegetable esculents, and worthy of trial.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Fearing Burr

The grain of Eastern Asia, including India and Malaysia, is almost universally rice, of which two, and even three, crops a year are raised in some regions, and the processes of cooking are simple among these vegetarians, the variation consisting principally in the choice of condiments or of certain additional esculents or fruits in their season.

Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Various

It seems probable that many of the flavoring herbs now in use were similarly employed before the erection of the pyramids and also that many then popular no longer appear in modern lists of esculents.

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains

Apicus notes it among the condiments in the third century, and Magnus eleven centuries later praises it among the garden esculents.

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains

As a general rule, all vegetables are most tender and delicate when young; and to few esculents does this truth apply with greater force than to the class of plants to which the English Bean belongs.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Fearing Burr

As mistakes often occur by confounding the roots of Umbelliferæ with those of horse radish or other esculents, it is well, when in doubt, to send the plants, _always in fruit_, if possible, for identification.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various

The English Bean is a native of Egypt, and is said to be the most ancient of all the now cultivated esculents.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Fearing Burr