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perennial ftate, but frefh planted every year 

 in the Spring, in rows two or three feet dif- 

 tance ; fnooting up a tall ftem in Summer, 

 and the root multiplies into many tubers, 

 growing to a large iv/.c by Odober, for ufe 

 then, all Winter, and following Spring. 

 Good to boil, and mafhwith butter, Jic. 



This plant is raifed in one crop, planted ia 

 the Spring, February or March. Having 

 feme large or middle fizs roots, cut them into 

 feveral pieces, with an eye or two to each: 

 pLmt them in any open fituatlon, by dibble, 

 in rows two feet and a half, or a yard apart, 

 and eighteen inches dillance in each row, and 

 three or four inches deep. When the plants 

 come up, give occafional hoeings to keep 

 down the weeds, and hoe fome earth about 

 the bottom of the (terns of the plants, which 

 will continue in growth till September or 

 Odober, at which time the roots will be ar* 

 rived to full growth ; generally a good clulter 

 of them to each plant. 



They may then be digged up for ufe, as 

 wanted, and all Winter, and foUowio* 

 Spring. 



But it will be proper, about November, 

 when the ftalks decay, to dig up a quantity, 

 and lay them in fand under cover, to be ready 

 for ufe as wanted in Winter, cfpecially ia 

 frofty weather;, when the others are frozen ia 

 the ground t 



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