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the part eaten. The mode of cooking them is to pare them 

 and fry them in ghee. They are not in great request with 

 Europeans in Bengal, where Potatoes may be had all the year 

 through ; but in the North- West Provinces, where Potatoes are 

 unattainable during the months of July, August, and Sep- 

 tember, they are much consumed in the way of a substitute. 

 In flavour they are not very unlike Salsify. 



They are cultivated much in the same way as Jerusalem 

 Artichokes. The smaller of the tubers, being saved for the 

 purpose, are planted about the end of May. The ground 

 should be first well dug and broken up, to render it loose, and 

 then furrows drawn across it, fourteen inches apart and four or 

 five inches deep ; in these the tubers should be laid, at fourteen 

 inches apart, and the soil then covered in. They will require 

 irrigation about every four days. 



ZINGIBEEACEJE. 

 Zingiber officinale. 



GINGEK. 



Udruk. 



There is no difference, it is stated, between the Ginger of 

 this country and that of Jamaica but what results from the 

 way in which it is cultivated. 



The planting should be made about the end of May, just 

 before the Kains commence, in a very rich light soil Drills 

 should be made a foot apart and two or three inches deep. Jn 

 these pieces of the tuber should be laid at about a foot apart, 

 and covered in with soil. When the plants begin to grow they 

 must be earthed up, and, if the rains have not set in, well 

 watered. About January the roots will be ripe for taking up, 

 when, having been well washed, they may be stored away. 



For ordinary use, however, it is hardly worth while to culti- 

 vate Ginger in a garden, as it may always be purchased cheaply 

 enough in the bazar.; but if it be required for making a 

 preserve of, it must be grown for that especial purpose. In that 

 case the tubers should be taken up as early as possible after being 

 formed, in their youngest and tenderest condition. This will be 

 when the plants are not more than five or six inches high. 



