VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



will be required except in the most northern 

 States, and there a coat of straw or leaves will 

 suffice to insure them against winter killing. 

 The Green Globe and Common Green, which 

 are much alike, are the varieties we have had in 

 mind in writing the above. 



THE JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE (Helianthus tube- 

 rosus), differs from the foregoing in the fact that 

 it is cultivated for its tubers, which are pickled like 

 cucumbers or eaten raw sliced as a salad, or boiled 

 like potatoes. They are planted like potatoes, in 

 hills or rows, and will produce enormous crops. 

 The tubers make excellent feed for all kinds of live 

 stock, being the richest in fat-producing elements 

 of any of our cultivated roots. Care must be 

 taken at the time of harvesting to remove all the 

 small roots, for if left in the ground they will 

 come up the next spring, and may become a 

 troublesome weed. 



ASPARAGUS (A. officinalis) is a peculiar crop 

 and generally speaking is a reliable one. The 

 fact that it takes two years from the setting if 

 two-year-old plants are set, or four years if the 

 seed is sown, prevents many from growing it. 

 It is not generally grown in the immediate vicinity 



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