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Re: FiddleHeads

Fiddleheads (aka Cinnamon Fern or Buckhorn) is osmunda cinnamonea. It is 
a zone 3 fern that grows N&S america, W. indies and east asia. FWIW
irene bensinger wrote:
> 
> On 4/26/97 Chris Andersen wrote:
> 
> >I have eaten fiddleheads while traveling on business in Canada
> >and have been told they are a type of fern which grows in bogs in a limited
> >area of the Eastern US seaboard.
> >They are very hard to find in Restaurants and are generally only available
> >during a particular season.
> >Does anyone know how to grow these and where I might be able to secure them
> >for the purpose of propagating?
> 
> I've been wondering if the bracken fern fiddleheads which are just now
> emerging in my western WA woods are edible. Anyone know for sure?
> 
> irene bensinger
> Sunset zone 4-ish

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