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VII : The tuberous roots arc oaten boiled also roasted. 

 They are starchy and sweet, have an agreeable taste and contain 

 more nutritions matters than common potato. The root gives a 

 starchy deposit of superior quality sometimes amounting to conside- 

 rably more than "^0 / . The starch may be transformed into glucose 

 and alcohol, the latter being of a mild and pleasant flavour. The 

 leaves and succulent stems make an excellent fodder and are greedily 

 eaten by every kind of stock. 



VII : This is a trailing herbaceous plant, rooting at the joints. 

 Grown with but little care even on waste light soils. Best a deep, 

 well-drained, friable, sandy loam. Liberal supply of moisture in the 

 growing season and a less supply when the roots are maturing. The 

 soil ought to be well stocked with f. y. manure. Chiefly grown in 

 gardens and in waste places under the shade of fruit trees, in or- 

 chards. The crop is a paying one, the produce per fdn., under fa- 

 vourable conditions, being about 1*^0 cantars. 



Lactuca ; Khass ; Lettuce ; Compositac. 



I : (a) Khass Latouca or Laiouca ; Lactuca sativa ; Garden 

 Lettuce, (b) Khass Baladi ; Lactuca scariola var : sativa ; Prickly 

 Lettuce. 



(b) This is a tall erect form, bearing a certain resemblance to 

 Cos Lett uce . The head is erect oblong and only made of few leaves. 

 The inner leaves are sweet juicy and crisp but the outer coarse 

 and acrid. This lettuce is chiefly eaten raw. In some places of 

 Upper Egypt it is cultivated as an oil-yielding plant. 



(a) Is chiefly represented by some few Cabbage or Head-lettu- 

 ces. The outer leaves are more or less spreading the inner ones 

 rolling together into a head more or less round or spreading. The 

 plant is a low one, the leaves less sweet and less juicy than the 

 preceding with a soft and flabby texture. Chiefly served as salad - 

 generally raised from imported f reach- seed. 



II : By seed, sown broadcast in a well prepared seed-bed. 



III : From 15 of September to end of November, also late in 

 February. 



IV : About 30 35 days after sowing on both sides of the 



