Leek and Garlic 



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spring as for onions, and the plants thinned or trans- 

 planted to stand 4 to 6 inches apart, the rows being one 

 foot or so apart. The plants are transplanted in early 

 summer if especially good results are desired. Usually 

 the plants are blanched for a considerable height above 

 the crown by hilling or growing in trenches. Leeks are 

 stored after the manner of celei'y, or they may be left in 

 the ground if the climate is not very severe. In the South, 



Garlic, with the outer skin or tunic 

 removed (X about 1). 



Welsh onion 



the seed is sown in autumn, also sometimes in the North 

 and the plants carried over in frames. 



Garlic (Fig. 73) is grown from "cloves," which are the 

 separable parts of compound bulbs, comparable in some 

 ways with multiplier onions. These cloves or bulblets are 

 planted in early spring; the compound bulbs mature in 

 summer or early autumn, and after cured are commonly 

 sold in bunches made by braiding the tops together. The 

 plant rarely bears flowers. 



