Backlund/Bly

Plants 3-5 feet tall, but leaves are best eaten when plants are 2 feet tall. Leaves are greyish-green and heart to triangular in shape with a toothed margin. Plants bolted mid-season. Donated to SSE in 2015 by Mark Walker & Kathy Kapitan of Storm Lake, IA. They have listed this variety in the SSE Yearbook Exchange since 1996. It came to them from Mark's uncle, Gib Backlund, who obtained it from his father-in-law, George Bly. George's parents, Haldor and Ingeliv (Sekse) Bly, brought the orach to the U.S. when they emigrated from Norway to Minnesota in 1888. The George Bly family first settled in Murray County, MN and then later in Pipestone. SSE Accession # 132762