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height, having all the appearance of the sun- 

 flower, excepting that they do not blossom 

 in this temperate climate. The root spreads 

 immoderately, multiplies very quickly, and is 

 with difficulty cleared out of land where it 

 is once planted. The Jerusalem artichoke is 

 thought greatly to impoverish the earth. 



