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tubers are ripe, the stalks begin to wither, 
and may be taken up; but most persons 
have not patience to wait so long, and they 
begin to take up their early potatoes before 
the tubers are half-grown. 
The Jerusalem Artichoke is a tuberous- 
rooted sun-flower, a native of Brazil; the 
epithet Jerusalem being a corruption of the 
Italian word c girasole,’ signifying to turn to 
the sun, from the supposed habit of the 
flower. The Jerusalem artichoke is planted 
in February or March, by sets, like the 
potatoe; and the tubers will be ready for 
use in September or October. It was intro¬ 
duced in 1716. 
The Turnip succeeds best in a dry, sandy, 
or gravelly soil, which has been well manured, 
and dug to a considerable depth. The beds 
should be four or five feet wide, and the 
seeds having been strewed very thinly over 
them, the surface should be raked smooth, 
and then slightly beaten with the back of the 
spade. The first sowing is generally made 
in March, or the first week in April; and as 
soon as the young plants shew their rough 
leaves, they should be hoed up separately. 
