Never heard them called 'silvertops', but odds are she was talking about
lambsquarters, aka Chenopodium album.
See: http://www.wssa.net/subpages/weed/la...squarters.html or
http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/cheal.htm
and take a look at the nutritional information:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-001-02s01wl.html

I used to eat them when I was a young and had no money; as I recall, they
were rather tasty.

Cheers,
Sue

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"AJP" wrote in message
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An elderly lady was telling me she would make some good greens from
weeds that grew NEAR the garden.

They called them silvertops, and tasted sort of like spinach, but a
little more tender.

Does anybody know what this plant was??

Art