Okra and gumbo, for soup a la mode. 



OKRA OR GUMBO 



Sow the seed in hills about April first. The 

 fruit or pods should be gathered when young 

 and tender. They are used in soup. 



'Dumb as an oyster." 



OYSTER PLANT OR SALSIFY 



The seed is planted in rows about an inch 

 deep. Cultivate like carrots. 



"Held in much esteem by the Romans, who boiled 

 them and ate them with honey." 



PARSNIPS 



Sow seed and cultivate like carrots. It is a 

 good table vegetable and also used for stock 

 food. It is rich in saccharine matter and adds 

 to the richness of cows' milk, if freshly dug 

 and fed freely. 



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