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ORACH, or MOUNTAIN SPINACH

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 141 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORACH, or MOUNTAIN SPINACH  , known botanically as Atriplex hortensis, a tall-growing hardy
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annual, whose leaves, though coarsely flavoured, are used as a substitute for spinach, and to correct the acidity of
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sorrel . The white and the green are the most desirable varieties . The plant should be grown quickly in rich
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soil . It may be sown in rows 2 ft. apart, and about the same distance in the row, about March, and for succession again in
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June . If needful,
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water must be freely given, so as to maintain a rapid growth . A variety, A . ;•ortensis
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var. rubra, commonly called red mountain spinach, is a hardy annual 3 to 4 ft. high with
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fine ornamental foliage .

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