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cultivated in the United States, but is common 

 in parts of England, where the plant is used as 

 a salad. The seed is much used in its whole or 

 unbroken state, as a medicine. In Spain, and 

 some other countries of Europe, it is ground 

 and used on the table, and is preferred, on 

 account of its giving a whiter and milder flour, 

 to the seed of the black. 



Black mustard is chiefly cultivated in fields 

 for the mill, and for medicinal purposes. It is 

 extensively raised both, in the United States and 

 in England, but chiefly in small patches. It is 

 sowed either in drills or broad-cast. The time 

 of sowing is March or April, and the crop is 

 gathered in July or August. 



Vegetables in less demand than those I have 



named, or which are grown for the purposes of 



medicine or manufactures, do not form usual 



crops on farms in general; such as saffron, 



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