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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1960)
esestooea O 00 t!;SS3BKJ (as Q O G O o o u O ' U o ( ooQ) 0 O o o O CO .) o o o o o o o O MAtLTIHUNI, Meefar1, Or. ' Tearta. Ma S, 10 MmMmmm Small Worlds Around 7 W' By lynn M. Watkina 13 FASHIONABLE ALUMINUM Patio Ensemble PATIO UMBRELLA Saisafrai 'Madicine' Wat Good, and Wat Frae, Too II was just about as staple as coffee in grandmother's cupboard, and youngsters of a few decades ago had it poured down their reluctant throats by the gallon sassafras tea. Grandmother, and all the ladies she knew, said it was the best remedy for ague, a condition where fever alter nated with chills. Sassafras tea was also used as a stimulant. There was one thing that could be said in favor of the "medicine," it tasted good. The common sassafras is probably the best known of all American trees. It is also unusual. One of the identify ing marks of different tree speries are the leaves. By their shape and arrangement the investigator can invariably tell to what family the tree belongs, and the name of the tree itself. Yet the so-called sassafras is not so common in this re spect because it has leaves of of widely different shapes on the same trees and even has various shapes on the same twig. Very few trees have this characteristic. Some leaves may be oval, others have one lobe, resembling for all the world the thumb on a mitten, while others are divided at the outer end into three dis tinct lobes. 30 Fooi Limit The tree seldom exceeds 30 feet in height, with a trunk lesa than a foot in diameter. The tree, of. the liural family, is related to the camphor tree of Japan, as well as the avo cado. The wood is weak and exceedingly brittle. Th heart wood is often a dull orange brown color. The bark is deeply furrowed, and almost red, contrasting sharply with the bright green of the new twigs. The sassafras is not known for the striking beauty of Its flowers; they are a dirty yel low, and open with the first unfolding of the leaves. A long tap-root rum deeply into the ground, making It a dif ficult tree to move or transplant. jut; null ia a unlit, luauuug berry growing in clusters, I each berry containing a single seed. At the base of Bach ber- ly IS It Slllrlll, UlrlllKC-IUU UllfJ, affixed at the end of a scarlet colored stalk. Oil for Candy The bark which covers the roots yields a spicy, aromatic oil which is largely used for flavoring candies and In the manufacture of beverages. The delicious flavor alone would make it a valuable ad dition to a bitter medicine, making an unpleasant drug as palatable as a confection. Sassafras tea was adminis tered for the aches and pains of our pioneer forefathers. Even those who questioned its curative qualities probably felt better for having imbibed the hot aromatic beverage which chased (or was sup posed to) i cold from an ailing body. One of the most pleasant memories of those who spent their early childhood in the country can easily be the re membrance ol the peculiar hut pleasing taste of sassafras bark. H had the deliciousness of gum and the added advan tage of being available "for free." (Ralaasad by The Ragiiier and Tribune Syndicate. 1960) Big 7-Ft. Colorful 1 ' in. 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