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thoroughly until soft. (All vegetables should be put 

 on in hot water.) Drain off the water, return the salsify 

 to the vessel and add milk, butter and salt, and stew as 

 oysters. Add a little vinegar if desired. 



For salsify cakes, prepare and boil as before, pass 

 through a colander, mashing thoroughly. Mix with Qgg 

 and a little flour, forming a batter. Fry into cakes, and 

 serve hot. It is used also for soup. 



Salsify is practically exempt from insect enemies, but 

 is subject to a fungus during moist spells in summer 

 which is quite destructive. 



SEA KALE 



This plant is occasionally cultivated for its tender 

 leaf -stalks, but the expense of cultivation is such that 

 very few will take the trouble necessary for its success- 

 ful growth for the small returns in a few early dishes, 

 since, in our latitude, we have asparagus almost as early. 



SPINACH 



This is one of the most desirable salads grown, and 

 yet the majority of southern gardens are without it. It 

 should be sown thinly in drills two feet apart in Sep- 

 tember to get best results. It is the most hardy of the 

 salad plants that are common in southern gardens, and 

 very much in demand by those having cultivated taste. 

 If sown in September on fertile soil, it furnishes salad 

 throughout the winter and later in spring than other 

 plants. It belongs to the same family as the beet, but 



