Fennochio

Fennochio removed, is never so good and tender as that which is not; it receives such a check in transplanting in its infancy, which, like the rickets, leaves knots that indurate the parts of the fennel, and spoil it from being a dainty.

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Unsuccessful endeavours have been made to cultivate the Fennochio in England and France.

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The monks grow large quantities of artichokes, lettuce, and fennochio; and interspersed among the beds of vegetables are orange and other fruit trees, and little trellises of cane, wreathed with the young, downy leaves of the vine.

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“That’s root-fennel — do try it,” said the Squire. “ ‘Fennochio,’ like you get in Italy. People here only seem to know the stronger leaf used for sauces.”

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