Show HARES EAR MUSTARD WEED noxious N 0 0 u s plant p i a t is quite general in wa P western e s t e r n portions 0 r t on 8 0 of f C country spreading rapidly the hares bares par ear mustard to Is most happily named as tho the leaves as will be seen by the illustration are arc very similar in shape to the ears of a hare this r semblance resemblance Is not only given recognition in tho the name hares ear mustard but also in some of the other common names applied to the plant as for instance in the names rabbit car and hares oar ear cabbage A hares ear mustard the latter seems to be a very descriptive name As Is more or less generally known the botanical family to which the ha mustards belong also takes in some very useful cultivated crops such as the turnip plant the rape cabbage cauliflower and radish the hares harab ear mustard lg Is one of the black sheep of the family that bears a considerable sid erable resemblance in leafage toward its estimable cousin the cabbage plant the leaves leavea of the young plant being fleshy in appearance and of much the same color as the leaves of a young cabbage this la is a weed quite general throughout tho the west and spreading rapidly it bears a creamy white flower about tho the end of june and ripens alp its seeds in august and septem bor ber the plant developer dove lopos quite a stiff wiry stem when ripe and during its growing period it takes up consider able room crowding out other plants and making a heavy drain upon the moisture content of the soil sell |