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They must next be cleanly washed, and laid in barrels 

 in which holes have been bored to let the water pass away, 

 or they may be drained and packed in boxes for shipping. 



The roots are always sold by weight. In the process of 

 preparing for market, the " sets " are saved. These are 

 simply the lateral roots, which are cut from the main 

 root, usually three eighths of an inch or more in diameter, 

 and are cut about six inches long, the upper end squared 

 off, and the bottom or root end made slanting, to serve as 

 a guide in setting, to prevent planting upside down. 



These sets should be placed in boxes, with an abundance 

 of sand under, over, and among them, to prevent heating, 

 the boxes placed in a cool cellar or in the pits from which 

 the large roots were taken, protected from severe frost, 

 and there remain until wanted for planting. 



At the distance herein given nearly twelve thousand 

 sets are required for an acre. 



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This is but comparatively little grown in this country, 

 excepting the variety called " Siberian " or " Dwarf Ger- 

 man Greens," and more commonly known as " Sprouts " 

 in and about New York City. For the latter market it is 

 very extensively grown, and immense quantities of it are 

 sold there annually. 



This variety in its prime would seem like a cross be- 

 tween the Russia turnip and the Savoy cabbage, in form 

 like the tops of the former, but lacking the bulbous root, 

 and with its deep curled foliage resembling the latter, 

 minus the solid head. 



It succeeds best in a rather light soil, which must be 

 highly manured ; at least thirty two-horse loads, or bone- 

 dust at the rate of one ton to the acre. The former must 

 be plowed in, or the latter harrowed in. The seed should 

 be sown about the fifteenth of August. 

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