THE SCOTS GARDENER 



November take it up thus ; begin at one side of the 

 plot, and make a trench the whole deepth of their 

 roots, taking it out carefully (not breaking it) at 

 the face of the same, casting the earth still behind 

 as you proceed ; then cut off the plants, to divide 

 carefully, and lay them amongst moist sand in a 

 cellar till setting time. And because it stands three 

 seasons, you may have three several plantations ; 

 so shall you have it to take up yearly, if you plant 

 it accordingly. 



Scorzonera by seed and by off -sets, that is, by part- 

 ing the tops of the root ; sow in the spring, or when 

 its seed ripes, promiscuously in the beds : it con- 

 tinues many years in the ground, and growes still 

 the greater, and is in season at all times for eating, 

 tho' it run yearly to seed. 



Order carvy as scorzonera : its roots are eaten as 

 parsneeps. 



Skirrets by seeds but chiefly by off-sets, not many 

 in a bundle, in March eight rowes in a bed : when 

 their stalks begin to wither, fall a spending them ; 

 and as you break off their roots for use, lay their 

 tops or sets in ground covered a little till the spring 

 for planting. (I cautioned you before to change the 

 crops) ; these you spend not ere the frosts come, 



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