Our Sunday Bicycle Ride

May 7th~2017

Right now, farmers in northeast North Carolina are harvesting an unusual crop that allows perfume, cologne and other fragrances to last longer, replaces a product previously gleaned from an endangered species and adds beauty to local roadsides in early summer.

Clary Sage

Back in the early 1960s, the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was worried about a shortage of Oriental tobacco. So he sent botonists throughout the world to find a replacement to blend into it's cigarettes. They discovered Clary Sage was the perfect substitute.....If you want the whole story, which is an interesting one, go to:

https://www.ourstate.com/clary-sages-smell-success/

Except for the north east of  North Carolina, clary sage is grown only in France and China.
~Fun Facts~