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ROCAMBOLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 425 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROCAMBOLE , See also:

Allium Scorodoprasum, a See also:hardy bulbous perennial occurring in a See also:wild See also:state in sandy pastures and See also:waste places throughout See also:Europe, but not See also:common in the See also:south; in See also:Britain it is rare, and found in the See also:north of See also:England and the south of See also:Scotland. Its cultivation does not appear to be of See also:ancient date; it is not mentioned by See also:Greek and See also:Roman authors, and there are only a small number of See also:original common names among ancient peoples (A. de See also:Candolle, Origin of Cultivated See also:Plants, p. 72). The plant is grown for its bulbs, which are smaller and milder than those of See also:garlic, and consist of several See also:cloves chiefly produced at the roots. The cloves are planted about the end of See also:February or in See also:March, and treated like garlic or See also:shallot. When mature, the bulbs are taken up, dried and stored for use.

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