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Looking to try and identify a old green vegetable
bry.atkinson
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in Fruit & veg
When I was a lad, about 60 years ago, my dad had a green vegetable that came back year after year, it was a very strong flavoured dark green when boiled\ steamed, reportedly very high in Iron, pretty sure he called it markberry, markberry, markberry???. If it could be identified I would love to grow it again if it is still available?!
Thanks in advance if anyone can help.????????
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My guess is that it's Good King Henry, also known as Markery amongst many other names.
"All Good, Markery, Mercury, English Mercury, Mercury Goosefoot,
Perennial Goosefoot, Many-seeded Goosefoot, Oak-leaved Goosefoot, Red Goosefoot,
Common Orache, Long-stalked Orache, Spear-leaved Orache,
Prickly Saltwort, Fat Hen or Shoemakers"
http://www.seedaholic.com/good-king-henry.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The organic gardening catalogue has Good King Henry as well www.organiccatalogue.com. Worth noting they also have a heritage seeds section with many of the old cultivars you may remember.