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leaving them entirely naked ; nothing further is required than 

 to keep them free from weeds. In July the tops begin to 

 turn yellow, when the roots can be taken up and dried in the 

 same manner as Garlic. If the planting is delayed till Spring, 

 the bulbs will not require to be put under ground, but merely 

 planted as Onion sets, which their culture very much resem- 



SKIRRET. 



^lum Sisarum. — Chervis, Fr. — Zuckerwurzel, Ger. 



Skirret is considered a nutricious vegetable, and would be 

 more generally cultivated were it not for the large space of 

 ground required to raise a quantity for general use. It is a 

 perennial plant, a native of Asia, and has been cultivated in 

 Europe about two hundred years. The roots are composed of 

 long, fleshy tubers, joined together in the crown or head. 

 They are cooked like Salsafy, and form a very white, sweet, 

 and pleasant vegetable. 



Culture. — Soil suitable for the Carrot will also grow this 

 root in perfection. Sow the seeds thinly, in drills, half an 

 inch deep and ten inches wide, at any time from the middle of 

 April to the first of May, the ground having been previously 

 well dug and manured. Sow a fewEadish seeds in the drills, 

 to distinguish them, and admit of hoeing to destroy the weeds, 

 lest they overgrow the crop. In five or six weeks they can be 

 thinned out with the hoe to five or six inches apart. Nothing 

 more will be requisite, excepting a constant stirring of the soil 

 and keeping down weeds. About the first of November the 

 roots will be fit for use, and continue so till Spring. On the 

 approach of severe frost, they should be taken up, cleaned and 

 Btowed away, like other roots, in sand or dry earth. 



