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Maj^kei Gardening, 



their roots to make one of ours. They get about one 

 cent per root for their celery, and we sell ours for 

 prices ranging from five to twenty-five cents per root. 



In preparing for market, every separate root has to 

 be dug, trimmed, knifed, washed, and packed. It is 

 usually packed in boxes of three dozen in each ; but the 

 Arlington will almost always fill with two and one-half 

 dozen. It cannot be grown (counting every root) for 

 less than four cents per root, and leave any profit to 

 the grower. It is sold by market-gardeners at w^hole- 

 sale, by the box of two and one-half or three dozen, 

 the price varying from one dollar to six dollars. 



Chicory {Chicoriiun Intyhus) is generally grown for 

 the roots, which are used for adulterating coffee ; but 

 sometimes the plants, when about 

 a foot high, are tied together at 

 the top, and then earthed up to 

 bleach, like celery. When so 

 treated they make a good salad. 

 The seed should be sown early in 

 the spring, in drills fifteen or eight- 

 een inches apart, and half an inch 

 deep. The plants when well up 

 should be thinned to six or eight 

 inches. It is a poor crop to intro- 

 duce on a farm, or in a garden, 

 for if allowed to go to seed, it will 

 spread all over the place. 

 Chives {Aiiiiun Schanoprasutn) are a small, bulbous- 

 rooted vaiiety of the Onion family; entirely hardy in 

 any part of the United States. Of late years they are 



Chicory. 



