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planted there forthwith. A warm cellar will hasten the 

 crop ; but a moderately cool one, will give a finer product 

 and probably a better yield. The length of time between 

 planting and harvesting varies from less than three 

 weeks to more than two months, depending chiefly upon 

 the temperature. Allowing the roots to freeze in the 

 field will greatly facilitate forcing. Large roots should 

 yield five to 10 pounds per plant; and every 10 ounces of 

 that yield will make a delicious pie. 



Note. — It is with no small degree of pleasure and 



satisfaction that we append the above bulletin almost 



entire. Kingston was, I think, the first experiment 



station to take up and verify the work as previously 



exemplified by myself. The encouragement thus given 



this new industry will be of vast importance to the 



people at large not only as producers, but also to the 



consumers of the product. 



AUTHOR. 



