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soon as the one remaining has attained sufficient size. At 

 the extreme north the crowns must be protected during winter 

 by a covering of leaves or litter. The second season from 

 root cuttings, or the third season from seed, the plants are strong 

 enough to yield a supply. To make sea-kale fit for use, it has 

 to be blanched. For this purpose the crowns must be covered 

 in early spring with sand or muck, to the depth of at least 

 twelve inches; or an inverted flower pot, with hole in bottom 

 entirely stopped up, be placed over each crown, and further 

 covered with leaves or dry soil. The bed will last quite a 

 number of years, but should be manured with good compost 

 every fall or spring. 



SHALLOT. 



Allium Ascalonicum. Ger- 

 man, Schalotte ; French, Echa- 

 lote ; Spanish, Chalote. Used 

 to some extent as a ubstitute 

 for green onions in early spring. 

 Tht bulbs are usually divided 

 and planted in early autumn, in 

 rows one foot apart, and five 

 or six inches apart in the row. 

 Perfectly hardy, and coming 

 earlier than onions, they are 

 often quite a profitable crop for 

 market. Shallot. 



SORREL (BROAD-LEAVED). 



Rumex Acetosa. German, Sauerampfer ; 

 French, Osei/te.Used to a limited extent 

 r soups and salads. Usually grown from 

 'seed, which is sown in early spring in good 

 soil, having rows one foot apart. Thin the 

 plants to stand five or six inches apart in the 

 rows. The leaves are the part used. Cut 

 out the seed-stalk, as soon as it appears. 



SPINACH. 



Spinacca Oleracea. German, Spinat ; French, Epinarct ; 

 Spanish, Espinaca. In spinach we have a most important market 

 garden crop, valuable alike for open air culture and for forcing 

 under glass. There is hardly a time during the entire year that 

 spinach could not be produced, or find ready sale in the city 

 markets. Southern truck farmers grow it quite extensively as 



Sorrel. 



