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August for use the following spring, or sown in the 

 spring for use late in the summer. 



Salsify may be dug in the autumn and stored in 

 the cellar until wanted, or it may remain in the 

 ground during the winter. It should be treated 

 much like the parsnip in cultivating. 



Salsify is a biennial and if the roots are not dug 

 before the second season they will sprout stems and 

 produce seed. It is hardly worth while raising 

 seed, however, as those purchased can usually be 

 relied upon. It is of a weedy nature, and care 

 should be taken that it does not run wild from 

 seeding too freely. 



Salsify grows best, in a deep, well-enriched soil. 

 If the soil is too heavy, or the manure is not thor- 

 oughly rotted, the roots will be straggly. The 

 best salsify bed is one which has been enriched for 

 some other vegetable, no other fertilizer being 

 added except manure which should be buried 

 about a foot deep. 



Salsify roots may be left in the ground during the 

 winter and only pulled up when required for use. 

 They should all be taken up in the early spring 

 before they begin to sprout new growth and should 

 be stored either in sand or in straw and earth. 



