Celery
Celery was originally a biennial that grew in marshland areas and had a pungent, medicinal flavor. It was well known in the Middle Ages as a medicinal plant, but it wasn't used as food until much later. Due to its unpleasant taste, it was not used as a vegetable until the Italians and French developed a sweeter tasting, thicker stalked variety in the 1500s.
Gardeners in Italy, France, and England were heavily involved in improving the flavor and growth of celery during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and European colonists brought it with them to America in the early 1800s.
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Par-Cel Leaf Celery Seeds - (Apium graveolens v. secalinum)
$3.35Par-Cel Leaf Celery - Tons of Flavor and So Easy to Grow Looking like triple-curled parsley and tasting like a very bold version of celery, Par-Cel is a somewhat unknown 18th-century Dutch heirloom, but that is changing. Perhaps unsurprisingly, home...$3.35 -
Tall Utah Celery Seeds - (Apium graveolens)
$3.35Tall Utah Celery - Popular and Dependable for Home Gardens Fresh aromatic, delicious home-grown celery puts the store-bought stuff to shame. One bite of a fresh-picked stalk, straight from your garden and you’ll never go back! Utah has long been a...$3.35
