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ning, say to three inches apart. When pulled, 

 they are put eight in a bunch. 



Besides the varieties we have mentioned, the 

 following are grown to some extent in home 

 gardens and for special consumption: French 

 Breakfast and Early Scarlet Olive-Shaped (both 

 good forcing varieties, good also for out-door 

 culture) and White Tip Scarlet Turnip. 



The winter varieties are but little grown. The 

 Black Spanish and Chinese Rose Winter are the 

 leading ones, and when grown for winter use 

 should be stored in sand, in order to keep them 

 fresh. 



RHUBARB (Rheum hybridum) is now quite 

 extensively grown, both in field culture and forced 

 under glass. It is generally propagated from 

 plants obtained by dividing the heavy, fleshy root, 

 which grows to a considerable size in plants long 

 established; and these are improved by the removal 

 of a part also by occasional transplantings to 

 new grounds. 



When raised from seed, the sowing is to be done 

 in April, in drills about one inch in depth. 



A deep, very rich retentive soil is desirable for 

 growing such large and tender stalks as the market 



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