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The price obtained varies from seventy-five cents 

 to one dollar per dozen bunches. Any that are 

 left unsold may be used for stock feeding. They 

 are often grown expressly for that object. They 

 may be kept as easily as turnips, and the method 

 of storing is the same. The Early White Vienna 

 is the leading variety. It is in the best condition 

 for the table when as large as an ordinary cocoanut. 

 It is then tender and of fine flavour, but later on 

 becomes tough, stringy and unpalatable. Early 

 Purple Vienna closely resembles the preceding, 

 except that the colour of the bulb is deep purple 

 instead of greenish white. There is but little 

 choice between the two. The Giant White is 

 larger and coarser, and the Goliath is truly a 

 mammoth kind; these are raised only for stock. 

 LEEK (Allium Porrum) is a hardy biennial 

 plant, producing an oblong bulb, or stalk, which 

 has the flavour of an onion, and is used principally 

 for flavouring soups and stews. It is useless to 

 attempt its cultivation on light, poor land. Sow 

 the seed early in May, in a well-prepared bed, 

 and transplant in July to rows three feet apart, 

 putting two plants to each foot of row, on land 

 from which a crop of cabbage or lettuce has been 



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