VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



removed. Set them rather deep, and in cultivating 

 draw up the earth, so as to bleach them slightly 

 and keep them tender. 



The leek is used principally during the winter 

 months, and may be stored in trenches, in the 

 same manner as celery; or it may be placed in a 

 cool cellar, with the roots resting on a layer of 

 soil. In this way, if standing thickly together, 

 they will take root slightly, and keep very fresh 

 and green until late the following spring. 



The Musselburgh is the principal market variety, 

 although the London Flag closely resembles it 

 and is just as good. The Giant Carentan is a 

 newer sort, large and of good quality, and will, 

 no doubt, prove quite popular. 



LETTUCE (Lactuca sativa). This is one of the 

 leading crops, and is perhaps the most profitable 

 one raised by market gardeners. It is a vegetable 

 that is continuously grown throughout the year, 

 being produced under glass in hot-houses, or 

 hot-beds, in winter, and in the open ground in 

 the summer. 



For forcing in hot-houses, seed is sown for plants 

 of the first setting about the tenth of August, these 

 are afterward transplanted into the houses. The 



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