This extract from AG 2 August 1975 looks at wild plants that are ancestors of many vegetables
THERE’S more for the gardener on holiday at the seaside than the band on the prom playing ‘tiddly-om-pom-pom’. If you are planning to visit a seaside resort, why not take the opportunity to become acquainted with some of the ancestors of our better-known vegetables? Not the droopy lettuce leaves (do they never have hearts?) dished up by boarding-house landladies (do they never have hearts?), nor the frozen peas that perpetually appear at meal times. What I am referring to are the wild plants that grow on sand dunes and cliffs around our shores.