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.

Red rot (Rhizoctonia violacea) occurs mostly in wet fields. Diseased plants should be removed and destroyed. Land should be drained and quick lime worked in. It should not be planted to sugar beet, fodder beet, alfalfa, red clover, serradella, potato, asparagus, or fennochio as these plants are attacked by the fungus.

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

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.

“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.”