DCHP-3

wild asparagus

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.

Quotations

1792
I send you some seeds of the wild asparagus. It may be eaten when very young; afterwards it becomes poisonous. The milky cotton in the seed vessels is very pretty, and makes excellent pillows and beds. I hope it will grow enough to stuff a muff.
1860
In the spring the Habitans bring into town a vegetable called wild Asparagus.