Besides this species of sunflower already mentioned, which furnishes tubers from its roots (the "Jerusalem" artichoke) others were valued for their seeds, and some or all of these are probably the originals of the cultivated sunflower in European gardens.

The largest of these was called _Soleille_ by the French Canadians.

It grew in the cultivated fields of the Amerindians to seven or eight feet in height, with an enormous flower.

The seeds were carefully collected and boiled.

Their oil was collected then from the water and was used to grease the hair.
This same Huron country (the Simcoe country of modern times) was remarkable for its wild fruits.