Seed Keepers

[Allan Balliett <aballiett@frontiernet.net>]

Here's info on the  Russian Strain from one of my herbals: "The 
problem is two-fold: firstly there are two "comfreys" and reference 
to them is often casual. Regular, common, medicinal comfrey is 
Symphytum officinale. Russian comfrey, the great compost heap maker, 
is Symphytum x uplandicum"

The russian is supposedly even more productive than the conventional 
comfrey. I want the comfrey for compost and for forage/fodder, so I'm 
seeking the Russian.  Unfortunately, I don't know right off how to 
tell the two apart. (!) _Allan