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good root, of an agreeable tafte, much fu- 

 perior to the red beet, and at leaft equal 

 to the turnip. The leaves which the roots, 

 when kept in a cellar, produce during the 

 winter, are very tender, and extremely deli- 

 cate in fide dimes. 



§ VIII. 



Crop of the Roots, 



The commencement of fiiarp frofts deter- 

 mines the time for the crop of roots : in 

 1785, I began on the 14th of November; in 

 1784, I had been obliged to do it on the 

 15th of October. A fine day mud be chofen 

 for gathering in this very valuable crop, 

 though at the hazard of doing it many days 

 before it is neceffary : it is important to the 

 prefervation of this root, that it mould be 

 kept perfectly dry. The day being fixed, 

 thefe roots mould be gathered in the morn- 

 ing, and left upon the place whereon they 

 grew, that they may be dried by the air and 

 by the fun, Children may follow thofe who 



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