ABSTRACT
Mint is one of the world’s most important flavors after vanilla and citrus. However, spearmint, peppermint, and Scotch mint are the predominant sources of mint flavor. Mountain mint is basically a wild plant of no significant commercial importance. Mountain mint jelly is occasionally sold as a cottage industry, as well as other products. The species does not seem to be cultivated commercially as crop, although as detailed in Pellet, a commercial demonstration of its potential as an oil plant was carried out in 1949, and it has potential as bee forage. The plant does seem well adapted to machine planting and harvesting. Because it is grown as an ornamental and is an indigenous North American plant, it is available for use as a culinary herb in much of North America. The fresh and dried leaves are used for tea, the flavor described as mint-like and delicious. Mountain mint jelly as well as other products are occasionally produced as cottage industry.
