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the red is the true kind : the others are degenerate. 

 There is, however, round or turnip-rooted red beet, 

 which is ecjually c^ood with the tap-rooted red beet. 



Tlie ground should be rici), but not fresh dunged. 

 Ashes of wood, or compost mould, is best ; and the dig- 

 ging ought to be very deep, and all the clods ought to 

 be broken into fine earth ; because the clods turn the 

 point of the root aside, and make the tap short, or 

 forked. Fresh dung, which, of course, lies in unequal 

 quantities in the ground, invites the tap-root, or some of 

 the side roots to it, and thus causes a short or forked 

 beet, which, for several reasons, is not so good as a long 

 and smooth one. 



As to the preserving of beets during the winter, it is 

 well known, that the way is to put them in a dry cel- 

 lar, with dry sand between them, or indeed, without 

 sand or anything at all between them. They may, if 

 in large quantities, and not wanted till spring, be pre- 

 served out of doors, thus: Take them up three weeks 

 before the hard frost is to come. Cut off their leaves ; 

 let them lay two or three days upon straw, or boards, 

 to dry in the sun; then lay a little straw upon the 

 ground, and, in a fine dry day, place ten bushels of beets 

 (picking out all the cut or bruised ones) upon it in con- 

 ical form. Put a little straw smoothly over the heap ; 

 then cover the whole with six or eight inches of earth 5 

 and place a green turf at the top to prevent the earth 

 from being washed by rain from the point, before the 

 frost set in. The whole heap will freeze during the 

 winter ; but the frost will not injure the beets, nor will 

 it injure carrots, preserved in the same way. If you 

 have more than ten bushels, make another heap, or 

 other heaps, for fear of heating before the frost comes. 

 When that comes, all is safe till spring ; and it is in the 

 spring, that season of scarcity, for which we ought to 

 provide. 



BURNET 



Is a well known grass, or cattle plant. It is used by 



