VEGETABLES DESCRIPTION AND CULTURE. 



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the winters are 

 open should remain 

 in the ground all 

 winter, to be pulled 

 as wanted. 



For Seed. — Leave 

 or transplant some 

 of the best plants 

 in spring, which 

 will produce seed 

 abundantly. Gather 

 and dry in the 

 heads, where they 

 may be kept until 

 wanted. 



Use.— The stalks 

 of old plants are 

 sometimes cut in 

 the spring as a sub- 

 stitute for aspara- 

 gus. The roots are 

 boiled or stewed 

 like carrots, and 

 have a mild, sweet 

 flavor, being whole- 

 s o m e, palatable, 

 and tolerably nutri- 

 tive. They are 

 mostly cooked to 

 imitate oyster.-:, to 

 which the flavor 

 has some resem- 

 blance. 



Marketing. 



After washing, 

 six or eight roots 



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Fig. 144— Sandwich Island Salsify. 



