Leek
Poireau is a term which indicates several plants of the kind Allium of which Allium polyanthum , the leek of vine. However, most of the time, it is cultivated leek, Allium porrum , of which it is question. This article treats only this last.
The common leek is thus a bi-annual Plante herbaceous of the family of the Alliacée S, largely cultivated like Vegetable for its Feuille S (pseudo Tige S) consumed like Légume S.
Scientific name: Allium porrum L., family of the Alliacée S (previously Liliaceous family of the S).
Common noun: leek, porreau, white beet, poirette, sprinkle the poor one. of: Porree, Lauch, in: leek, be: porro .
Description
Long sheets engainantes, opposed, punts, dark green or yellowish green, more or less broad. The base of the encased sheets form a pseudo-stem called “”, of which the buried part is white, and was appreciated.The flowers, greenish white, appear grouped in Ombelle at the top of a drawn up floral stem the second year.
Origin and distribution
This species is originating in the area the Mediterranean, probably of the the Middle East. It is largely cultivated in all the moderate zones.It is a vegetable known very in the past. The Roman Emperor Néron was called the “porrophage” because it consumed some, appears it, of great quantities to clear up the voice. This plant appeared among the vegetables recommended in the Capitulaire De Villis to the Moyen-âge.
Culture
Prefer a fresh ground, deep and rich in humus. It is a very rustic plant, which supports the cold of the winter well. The multiplication is done in two times:- sowing in seedbed in February - March or places in April from there - May.
- road repair of the young seedlings when the stems have the size of a pencil after “having equipped them” (i.e. to have shortened the sheets and the roots). A major road repair supports the length of the barrel.
Principal cultivated varieties
- Large court of Blue summer
- of Solaize Monstrous
- of Tweed Monstrous
- of Carentan large
- Yellow of Long Poitou
- of wall
- Large length of summer
Enemies of leek
A ravageur is mainly to fear: the Tinea of the leek (or worm of leek). It can be prone to attacks of the Mouche of the onion ( Delia antiqua , family of the Anthomyiidae ).Principal cryptogamic diseases: the Mildew of the leek, the Grease of the leek, and the Rust of the leek.
Use
The leek is very low in calories and rich in fibers.The leeks, whose taste is intermediate between those of onion and asparagus, are consumed cooked. One can eat them cold out of vinaigrette, but they generally enter the preparation of hot dishes: Soup S, tarts, quiches, Stay-at-home, Potful S…
The leek between also in form dehydrated in industrial soups.
Economic aspects
With 200 000 tons per annum, France produced 30 % of the European production (Europe with 25).
Synonymous
- Allium ampeloprasum VAr. porrum (L.) J.Gay
- Allium laetum Salisb.
- Porrum commune Rchb.
- Porrum sativum Millet.
Symbolic system
- the leek is the plant emblem of the Wales.
Leek in the current language
- To make leek, it is to wait (one also says “poireauter”), while remaining planted like a leek.
- the leek, it is also the decoration of the agricultural Mérite in the familiar language.
- the leek is also a ic term Argot to indicate the Pénis
- In Belgium a " porreau" is a synonym for the insults " Idiot " ; " Idiotic " ; " badger "
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