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Ramps

21Apr07

Before the Easter snow my granddaughter and I went for a nature hike. We dug up a wild leek, known in Appalachia as ramp. I’m not sure about the classification of this specimen. According to an article in the Christian Science Monitor, “the ramp is named after the early British word “ramson,” or son of Ram, the spring buck, which represents the months of March

and April. . . . a ramp . . . takes seven years to mature” (www.csmonitor.com/2006/0517/p02s01-usgn.html). This example has wiry stems, not the lance-leaved sort found on the West Virginia ramps that are harvested and consumed around the state. Could this be a young shoot? There are many species of native allium and it will take a while to research this one.

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