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table. This is stripped and cooked like turnips, 

 but is much more sweet and delicate. Sow seed 

 in the open gi'ound in June, making the rows 

 sixteen inches apart and thin to six inches in the 

 rows. Sow for succession from early spring 

 until July. Cultivate like cabbage. 



LEEKS 



Sow seed in April in drills one foot apart and 

 one inch deep. Transplant when large enough 

 to handle or thin to stand six inches apart in the 

 rows, setting the plants as deep as possible so 

 that the earth will come up well about the neck 

 to blanch and insure its whiteness and tenderness. 

 In cultivating draw the earth up about the plants. 

 Seed may also be sown in August or September, 

 the same as onions, and the plants transplanted 

 the following spring. 



Prizetaker Leek is a fine exhibition sort. 

 Large Musselburg has enormous broad leaves 

 and a pleasant flavor. Long Mezieres also has 

 broad, erect leaves, fine flavor and a long, snow- 



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