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SALSIFY, OR OYSTER PLANT 



SOW the long, slim, woody-looking seeds as soon 

 as the ground can be worked, in rows, eighteen inches 

 to two feet apart. Drop about two seeds to every inch 

 and cover them a half to three-quarters of an inch deep. 

 The average packet, handled in this manner, will sow 

 twenty feet of row, one ounce for one hundred feet. 



The seedlings, which look like strong sprouts of grass, 

 will appear in about ten days. As soon as they become 

 four inches tall they should be thinned out to stand four 

 inches apart in the row. Being a deep rooting vegetable 

 salsify should be hoed frequently and to good depth. 



Because salsify requires all season to grow to good size, 

 repeated sowings are not practical. Sow not later than 

 June 1st. Roots from later sowings develop more rapidly 

 than those from earlier ones, but do not keep so well. 



Mammoth Sandwich Island as shown herewith is the 

 stand-by in all sections. It is dug in the fall and stored 

 like carrots, or left outdoors and protected like parsnips. 



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