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Mustard, Black (Brassica Nigra)
Annual herb; harvest all year
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Let’s face it; America has good soil for mustard . Black mustard grows everywhere in
America. I imagine the settlers brought some over on those big ships to make the sea
rations more palatable.
A few stray seeds got loose and multiplied many millions of times over in the rich, dark
woodland soils. You can see fields of little yellow flowers along every farm road and stray
26 "Brassica nigra (black mustard) by: Fungus Guy, (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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