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have been planted three years, at the end of 

 which time they will bear for the table, and the 

 beds will last twenty years or more, but the 

 heads should not be cut after the middle of 

 June. In November the haulm should be taken 

 off, and the instructions for earthing and fork- 

 ing should be followed as previously given. 



