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3 are vases in all the 





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i J""" d 1 . Leave9 . Iar S e ' . oWon ?» . a »"'e folded, and re- 



j linear. Flowers early, middle-sized, petals cval Ji. T. 



THE JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. 



chokes It may, therefore, fairly be inferred that no 

 the wets' b Crtl *i n ° T ^^ ° Utlay * S wanted to S et 

 catclT'n r^^lJ^rt are P ur P nsel y intended to 

 tL ««.„i - and . kee P *«n from starvation, I have 

 *e ^les. on he table before me, and the tuber 

 other ^ llS'f navrfor\hVike Iati ° nS C,6ar - ° a ** 

 !r*tM a v ^ oUto ,P ,antati " R taken from" "TohnlE 

 negates ° Sis Tb tt ^^ lM7 ' ^^ ** P ' 8S 

 ^"ragVof 5.* '' t° ™*i "^ ^ ew ** < " > * ^'^Afair 

 at 6.. 8,,.for a bu^,> 80 IbH 1^1^ 



\ oz to 2 oz. The former ii 





e r ofj'3£" 



ientforanacre, andtl 



bnsh. of 801bs. is a fair price, and tfa 

 to'grow them for that. 



Taking the ■ lazy root/' therefore, and comparing the 



Ifwt * which 'to an ^re* disUnc-Nnl th /^ ia S H 

 curable. "tJ/'dO lbs. oT^usalcm^hltZ 



and cost hr.lf-a-crown.' But I know 

 ners I have to deal with in oflering ; 



rasted : Lav its tubers or sets on the tojwl a,.,' , 

 t any leisure time between Michaelmas and Lady.d 

 nd if you have labour to spare, or any rubbish, j 



first [dawn of spring. So much for ] 



greatest scarcity of vegetables, namely, from Clirietmaa 



Now for the cooking :— The same pot that used to 

 boil the Potatoes will boil these in rather a shorter time, 

 and wiih a smaller quantity of salt than was required 

 to boil the Potato ; the only extra allowance is r isrrtr 

 bulk of water than Potatoes require. One quart of Jeru- 

 salem Artichokes requires two quart.- if vattr. r.i.i » . 

 be improved by being allowed three, or even four :i:::ts 



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that they are » I 



eh .hi 



fully peppered must be windy." These, gentle reader, 

 are not imaginary ideas, they are tal< f r • •-••■ 

 followed by a firmer resolution than ever to cling «» 

 the Potato, per fas el nefas. I have eaten the tubers 

 of the Jerusalem Artichoke, and have found them excel- 

 lent ; they are equal to the best blanched Seakale, ana 

 equally white, crisp, and pleasant to the taste, »hea 

 ? X /they LveVoSingVf the high'colour or peculiar 



ate that distinguish Carrots, Beet. Turnips, ..;. • 



render them only the vegetables of a class. This » 



colourless and nearly tasteless. I have already in }<> 



™lunins detailed the produce per acre, and the va 



.he green tops, and refer your readers to those F F» 



further information. . m 



)ne suggestion I cannot help mi 



— vinccd that it would bring the matter home to w» 



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ant. If every clergyman in Ireland w>^ 



tlie} ^"dmkabte adjunct to fish » &j£ J 



icle in good ground in their own la rn4 j 



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duty, of the blessed, band that breaks i ^ , 



of life when his children ask J**™^, «* 



