Caraway "Eastern Aroma" is a hardy biennial that grows quickly in the first year, forming a dense basal rosette of greenery. During spring, the plant supplies early vitamin-rich greens, which can be used in salads and side dishes due to their pleasant taste and rich aroma.
In the second year, caraway begins to flower, forming a stem with elongated seed pods containing essential oil. The seeds become a valuable product: they are used for flavoring baked goods, preparing marinades, pickling cabbage, and fermenting vegetables. Due to the high yield of both greens and seeds, this variety is particularly popular among gardeners and farm enterprises.
Caraway possesses not only culinary properties but also medicinal potential: its composition includes mineral salts, ascorbic acid, carotene, and rutin. Roots and leaves can be used as a spice, while young shoots serve as a vitamin component in dishes. It is recommended to sow caraway densely at a depth of 2–2.5 cm with a spacing of about 10 cm between plants; seedlings appear approximately 14–20 days after sowing.
Thus, "Eastern Aroma" combines ease of cultivation, high productivity, and a variety of applications in both cooking and traditional medicine.
