Leek-Allium porrum and Green Onions-Allium fistulosum,its extracts.

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Leek History.

Leek Extract Green Onions Extract photo picture image Leeks were prized by the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, who distributed the vegetable across Europe.

 The leek is one of the national emblems of Wales, whose citizens wear it on St. David's Day. According to legend, Saint David ordered his Welsh soldiers to identify themselves by wearing the vegetable on their helmets in an ancient battle against the Saxons that took place in a leek field. This story may have been made up by the English poet Michael Drayton but it is known that the leek has been a symbol of Wales for a long time; Shakespeare for example refers to the custom of wearing a leek as an "ancient tradition" in Henry V. In the play, Henry tells Fluellen he is wearing a leek "for I am Welsh, you know, good countryman".

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