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Default Which mint for adding to soup - Google says Spearmint

On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:48:24 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
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>On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 20:47:05 -0400, wrote:
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>>On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:00:07 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
>>wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:47:19 -0400,
wrote:
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>>>>In defence of the garden markets here, I would say it was hard to find
>>>>a veggie garden in the UK which did not have a patch of that mint, but
>>>>to me, Spearmint, is slightly different.
>>>
>>>I have both. The leaves of spearmint are darker green, more pointed
>>>and hairier. The common mint is a rounder leaf that is lighter green.
>>>The scent and taste are noticeably different.
>>>Janet US

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>>I meant to add that smell enters into it as well. Catnip has a
>>slightly minty smell too, when fresh.

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>same family - square stems. I have that too as a weed


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