V. TANSEY, TARRAGON. 



They require no peeling, as a turnip does ; and, if they 

 be (as the winter squashes will be) much larger than 

 they are wanted, for one time, you may cut a part off, , 

 and leave the rest for use another day. They are cer- 

 tainly far preferable to the best of turnips j and, though 

 they are not actually marrow, they are a very delightful 

 vegetable, and their produce is prodigious. If well cul- 

 tivated, I dare say that a single plant of the flat bush 

 squash would produce a bushel of fruit ; but, like the 

 cucumber and all other plants of the same description, if 

 you wish the plant to continue producing for a long 

 while, you must take care to gather every fruit as soon 

 as it becomes fit for use, and before it begins to ripen its 

 seed. The small ones ; that is to say, the fruit gathered 

 at a very early stage, when not much bigger than a large 

 walnut, for instance, make excellent pickles, much better 

 than cucumbers. If you wish to save the seed, you must 

 proceed in exactly the same manner as directed in the 

 case of the cucumber. 



199. TANSEY. A perennial culinary and medicinal 

 herb, propagated from seed, if you like j but from offsets 

 is the easiest way : a plant or two would be sufficient for 

 a garden, and, when once it had taken root, it would re- 

 main there for a life-time. 



193. TARRAGON is a very hot, peppery herb, used in 

 soups and salads. It is perennial, and may be propa- 

 gated from seed sowed at any time in the spring, or 

 from offsets put out in either spring or fall. Its young 

 and tender tops only are. used. It is eaten with beef- 

 steaks in company with minced shalots. A man may, 



