Oseille de Fervent. Vil.
An excellent sort, with large, yellowish-green, blistered leaves and red leaf-stems. It is comparatively hardy, puts forth its leaves early, and produces abundantly.
The rows should be eighteen inches apart.
Green or Common Garden Sorrel.
Root-leaves large, halberd-shaped, and supported on stems six inches in length. The upper leaves are small, narrow, sessile, and clasping. A hardy sort; but, on account of its greater acidity, not so highly esteemed as the Belleville.
Sow in rows fifteen inches apart, and thin to eight or ten inches in the rows.
Sarcelle Blond Sorrel.
Blond de Sarcelle. Vil.
This is a sub-variety of the Belleville, with longer and narrower leaves and paler leaf-stems. It puts forth its leaves earlier in the season than the Common Sorrel, and is of excellent quality. The seed rarely produces the variety in its purity, and it is generally propagated by dividing the roots.
Round-Leaved on French Sorrel. Thomp.