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The Beet is an es.cellent vegetable. There are fevcral varie- 

 *ties — among the leading may bo named the blood beet, which 

 can be preserved in pits or cellars during the winter. The white 

 or mangel wurzel is principally used for cattle. Tlien Ihoro is 

 a smaller kind, which is most extensively used in Franco for 

 making sugar ; from one hundred parts of the root they obtain 

 nearly three pounds of refined sugar, equal, in their estimation, 

 to the cane. More than half the sugar made use of in France, 

 is obtained from this root. 



Spinach is a delicious vegetable when properly ^cooked. It 

 may be kept through the winter in the bed in which it has been 

 grown ; it will only be necessary to cover it slightly with straw. 



The Onion is a favorite vegetable with all classes of people, 

 and is enjoyed either raw or cooked. By the ancient Egyptians, 

 two thousand years before the birtli of Clirist, it was worshipped. 

 In mild climates, the flavor is much more delicate than with us ; 

 consequently the odor is not so offensive. However, those who 

 are partial to them in their raw state, may eradicate the pungent 

 smell by chewing raw parsely. It contains, by analysis, acetic 

 acid, phosphoric acid, sulphur, water, and manna. When pulled 

 in the fall, they must be spread thin upon the gravel walks of 

 the garden, and turned daily, until perfectly dry, when they may 

 be strung and hung up in a dry room or garret, until required 

 for use. 



LeelcSj beans, garlic, asparagus, seakalc, artic/ioke, and others of 

 this description, may be preserved by means of vinegar, or salt 

 and water— say four pounds of salt to a gallon. 



Celenj is a native of Great Britain, where it is found growing 

 wild on the borders of ditches, in which state it has an acrid and 

 disagreeable taste, and is unfit for table use ; by cultivation it 

 has become one of our finest and most delicate vegetables. It is 

 usually covered with earth while growing, which makes it white 

 and crisp j this is a proof that without the magnificent rays of 

 the sun, every thing would be perfectly white. For winter's 

 use I have it packed in. large boxes filled with charcoal dust, or 

 fine garden mould. When taken for table use, the roots are left 

 behind ; they directly throw out a new and tender growth, which 



