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In the third spring, before the plants start, cover them with boxes 

 or pots, allowing no light to enter, or earth them up to a depth of 

 five or six inches. When the shoots are six inches long under the 

 box, or when they show through the earth, cut them for the table, 

 taking with each a 

 half inch of the 

 crown. Continue 

 this treatment for 

 about three weeks ; 

 then cut out all 

 buds but one, and 

 when this is well 

 started, level the 

 earth over the 

 plant, and allow 

 it to grow for next 

 year. The shoots 

 are cooked and 

 served like aspara- 

 gus, with which sea- 

 kale gives a very 

 pleasant change. 



Every third fall 

 root-cuttings 

 should be taken, 

 about eight inches 

 long, and the size 

 of a lead pencil. 

 Keep them damp 

 and unfrozen all 

 winter, and in the 

 spring, after rubbing from each cutting all buds but one, set them 

 in a trench, the bud covered but lightly. Cover it as the shoot 

 starts, until it is three inches deep. Or take cuttings in spring, 

 and immediately plant them about three inches deep, the lower 

 end slanting slightly downward. 

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Fig. 207. — Recent varieties of snapdragon. 



