Apple Guild
Food
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The Gala is a propagated apple cultivar, a cross between Kidd’s Orange Red and Golden Delicious, that originated in New Zealand in the 1920s. Gala apples are ideal for fresh eating, salads, and cooking.
Attractor
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Fennel is an evergreen, herbaceous perennial, normally grown as an annual, with flowers and leaves that have a sweet, mildly anise or licorice flavor. The flowers bloom in summer and are often used in egg and fish dishes. The aromatic seeds are also put to use in cakes and breads.
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A genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the mint family. The flowers are pollinator magnets and generally bloom during the spring or summer in a variety of colors.
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Chives are a bulbous perennial used as ornamental or culinary herbs. Chives have edible flowers and leaves used for flavoring with eggs, soups, salads, butter, cheese, dips and spreads.
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A genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the mint family. The flowers are pollinator magnets and generally bloom during the spring or summer in a variety of colors.
Repeller
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Referring to the belief that comfrey helped to heal injuries, the scientific name Symphytum comes from the Greek words symphyo or grow together and phyton for plant. Together translating to a plant that heals injuries. It has a long history of use as a medicinal herb for topical and internal injuries, though it is no longer deemed as safe for consumption. It is said that the leaves and roots can be used to treat rashes, swelling, cuts and bruises.
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A leek is a biennial
vegetable, a cultivar of
Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek. The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes colloquially called a "stem" or "stalk". The genus Allium also contains the onion, garlic, shallot, scallion, chives, and Chinese onion.
Accumulator
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Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family. The Genus name is derived from the mythical Greek character Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.
Fixer
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Peas are annual, cool-season vegetables in the bean family. Garden peas grow round, starchy seeds and fibrous pods. Snow pea pods are harvested with barely-grown seeds, and sugar snap peas have juicy green-bean like pods and almost-full seeds.
Mulcher
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Black-eyed Susan is an erect herbaceous perennial in the daisy family (Asteraceae) and native to the eastern United States. The species epithet means "shining," referring to the glossy yellow ray florets.
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Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family. The Genus name is derived from the mythical Greek character Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.
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Referring to the belief that comfrey helped to heal injuries, the scientific name Symphytum comes from the Greek words symphyo or grow together and phyton for plant. Together translating to a plant that heals injuries. It has a long history of use as a medicinal herb for topical and internal injuries, though it is no longer deemed as safe for consumption. It is said that the leaves and roots can be used to treat rashes, swelling, cuts and bruises.
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Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family. The Genus name is derived from the mythical Greek character Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.
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Sage is a genus in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It has a worldwide distribution. There are over 1000 species and many more hybrids and cultivars. Most species have aromatic foliage, but the flowers lack fragrance. Several species are used as culinary herbs (sage, rosemary, pineapple sage), perfume (clary sage [Salvia sclarea]), and medicine (Salvia miltiorrhiza).
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Flowers are edible and have a slightly bitter, tangy, peppery flavor They add color to salads and other dishes. Marigolds attract butterflies and are useful as cut flowers. The flowers make a beautiful yellow dye.
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Chives are a bulbous perennial used as ornamental or culinary herbs. Chives have edible flowers and leaves used for flavoring with eggs, soups, salads, butter, cheese, dips and spreads.