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a large amount of manure to be incorporated every year with the soil 

 in each hilL If a large quantity is wanted it is best sown in drills 

 three feet apart and thinned out to about one foot apart in the rows 

 when a few inches high. When the plants of rhubarb become large 

 they can be taken up in the fall, placed in the cellar, or in some place 

 safe from frost. The roots are simply taken up with the soil adhering 

 to them, and packed closely together in a corner of the cellar. As a 

 matter of course this forcing process is done at the expense of the 

 root, which is of no further use. The shoots will grow in the 

 dark just as well as in the light, and in this condition are very tender. 

 A couple of dozen roots of rhubarb will be sufficient for the use of a 

 moderate sized family during the entire winter months. When grown 

 in this blanched condition it is a most desirable article for table use, 

 coming, as it does, at a season when fresh fruit is scarce and a change 

 is agreeable. 



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This vegetable does best when sown in a light, sandy loam. Heavy 

 or clayey soils not only delay maturity, but produce crops much 

 inferior both in appearance and flavor. For a successive supply sow 



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from the middle of April until the middle of September at intervals 

 of two or three weeks. They can either be sown broadcast or in 

 drills. When sown broadcast about twenty pounds of seed is required 

 per acre ; if in drills, eight to ten pounds. The varieties mostly grown 



