VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



It would be impossible to find a plant of easier 

 culture, as the roots are perfectly hardy, and can 

 be kept growing year after year in the same location 

 if desired. There is no insect that troubles either 

 the vine or tuber, and no vine can exceed it in 

 vigour of growth. They increase naturally from 

 the small tubers, or bulblets, which form along 

 the vine just above the leaf joints. These should 

 be gathered in the fall, and protected against 

 freezing during the winter. They may be planted 

 any time during the spring, after danger of severe 

 freezing is past. The flowers have a peculiar cin- 

 namon-like fragrance; hence the name "Cinnamon 

 Vine," under which some dealers have sent it out. 



When grown in the garden, and merely for the 

 tubers, the vines may be allowed to run on the 

 ground; but if bulblets are desired, these will be 

 produced in greater abundance when poles or other 

 supports are employed to keep the vines up from 

 the soil. 



I here bring to a close this discussion of special 

 crops, and their appropriate special culture. In 

 regard to the rules here given, and to the general 

 rules for cultivation which occupy the earlier pages 



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