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utility and popularity are accounted for by the fact 

 that they may be had throughout the greater part of 

 the year. 



Other Salads are Cucumbers, Radishes, Mustard 

 and Cress, Water Cress, Celeriac, Stachys, French 

 Beans, etc. Indeed there are few vegetables that are 

 not suitable for the Salad bowl. 



Salads are very wholesome ; they retain properties 

 that are lost by other cooked vegetables. Lettuce and 

 Endive should not be washed if it is at all possible to 

 remove the dirt from them by means of a dry cloth. 



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Play an important part in flavouring Salads. 

 Tarragon is in demand every day of the year ; from 

 April to October the supply is provided by plants 

 grown outside and from October to April by forcing. 

 To be able to maintain an uninterrupted supply a 

 fresh plantation of young plants should be made every 

 spring : plenty of roots will then be available for 

 forcing. The soil for the cultivation of Tarragon 

 should be light ; if it is at all heavy add spent Mush- 

 room bed manure and burnt earth. This herb is 

 increased by division of the roots. The best roots for 

 forcing are those two years old, as they are then of a 

 convenient size for placing in pots or boxes. Early 

 October is the best time of the year to lift them. 



