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GAKDENTKG FOR PEOFIT. 



SAGE. (Solvia officinalis). 

 See Thyme, and other Sweet Herbs. 



SALSIFY, OB, OYSTEK PLANT. 



(Tragopogon porrifolius). 



This vegetable is coming rapidly into 

 general use ; patches of an acre in extent 

 are seen in some of the more extensive 

 gardens here, that a few years ago grew 

 only a few rows. It should be sown in 

 early spring. Its culture is in all re- 

 spects similar to that of Carrots, and al- 

 though its consumption is as yet limited, 

 for what is grown of it, the prices are 

 high and very remunerative. It is more- 

 over a safe root to cultivate, for, being 

 entirely hardy, there is no risk whatever 

 of its being injured by frost, should it 

 so happen that the digging up is neglected 

 in the hurry of fall work. It is gener- 

 ally better, however, to dig it up and 

 put it away as we do Parsnips or Car- 

 rots, so that it can be had at any time 

 during winter. It usually sells at higher 

 rates in spring than in fall or winter ; 

 but even with the advance in price is 

 less profitable to the grower when sold 

 in spring, as that being a busy season, 



the labor expended in digging it up and getting it 



ready, is then of much more value. 



As this vegetable will be unknown to many, I will 



state that it is used in various ways, but generally boiled 



or stewed, like Parsnips or Carrots. It is also used to 



Fit 



.SALSIFY. 



