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VEGETABLE FORCING 



sary to make a new planting. At any rate, this is the 

 policy followed by most gardeners. 



Some interesting experiments have been made on the 

 growing of forcing roots from seed. The Wisconsin 

 Experiment Station obtained good results from sowings 

 made broadcast in August. The seedlings were trans- 

 planted into rich soil the following spring, when they 

 made roots large enough for forcing in one year. 



Fig. 67. A large rhubarb root suitable for forcing. 



Lazenby, of the Ohio State University, found that seed 

 sown about April 1, in very rich, moist, sandy loam, pro- 

 duced plants of forcing size in one season. The rows 

 were 2 feet apart and the plants thinned to 15 inches and 

 given the most careful attention. By August 15 some of 

 the stems were 20 inches long and the leaf blades a foot 



