SAGE SALSIFY 



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Protect in winter with a mulch. 



Reset permanent beds every year or two years, by 

 taking up and dividing. Or prune the roots every year, 

 by cutting off the outer clumps, which may be reset. 



As an annual, Sage may be sown in spring (under 

 glass, in seed-bed, or in the open ground, as above) and 

 picked in the fall. 



Dry the leaves, and rub to powder. Store for use. 



Fig. 114. Salsify seedlings. Two-thirds natural size 



SALSIFY, Salsafy, Oyster Plant, or Vegetable 

 Oyster (so called for its taste of oysters) is Tragopogon 

 porrifolms, a biennial plant grown as an annual for 

 its roots. The young leaves are sometimes used as 

 salad. It is hardy to frost, and may be sown early ; a 

 long-season plant, it requires the ground for the whole 



