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Matteuccia is a genus of ferns with one species: Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern). [4] The species epithet struthiopteris comes from Ancient Greek words στρουθίων ( strouthíōn ) "ostrich" and πτερίς ( pterís ) "fern".
Fiddleheads or fiddlehead greens are the furled fronds from a fledgling fern, [1] harvested for use as a vegetable. Left on the plant, each fiddlehead would unroll into a new frond (circinate vernation). As fiddleheads are harvested early in the season, before the frond has opened and reached its full height, they are cut fairly close to the ...
In 1989, Joseph opened her own winery, Fiddlehead Cellars in Lompoc, California. [7] [2] This was an unusual place to open a winery at the time, and Joseph was a pioneer as both a female winemaker and on account of her location choice. [3] She focused on the then lesser-appreciated varieties of wine - Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc. [6]
Osmunda japonica (syn. Osmunda nipponica Makino), also called Asian royal fern [1] or fiddlehead, is a fern in the genus Osmunda native to east Asia, including Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, and the far east of Russia on the island of Sakhalin.
Pete Spence (born Elliot Larkin Ferguson; c. 1852–1914) was a small-time criminal known for his association with outlaw Cowboys Frank and Tom McLaury, and Ike and Billy Clanton, of Tombstone, Arizona Territory.
September 5, 1883: Mary F. Hoyt became the first woman appointed to the U.S. federal civil service (and the second person appointed by examination (in which she came top) instituted under the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act) when she became a clerk in the Bank Redemption Agency of the Department of the Treasury.
Franz Kafka (1883–1924), German-language novelist best known for his novel The Trial, died from tuberculosis; Uuno Kailas, Finnish composer; Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek writer; John Keats (1795–1821), English Romantic poet; he and his brother Tom were taken by tuberculosis; Dragotin Kette; Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Danish ...
John Swinton (1829–1901) John Swinton (1829–1901) was a Scottish-American journalist, newspaper publisher, and orator.Although he arguably gained his greatest influence as the chief editorial writer of The New York Times during the decade of the 1860s, Swinton is best remembered as the namesake of John Swinton's Paper, one of the most prominent American labor newspapers of the 1880s.