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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 87 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SALSAFY, or SALSIFY

SALSAFY, or SALSIFY , Tragopogon porrifolius, a See also:

hardy biennial, with See also:

long, cylindrical, fleshy, esculent roots, which, when properly cooked, are extremely delicate and wholesome; it occurs in meadows and pastures in the Mediterranean region, and in Britian is confined to the See also:

south of See also:

England, but is not native. The salsafy requires a See also:

FREE

free, See also:

rich, deep See also:

SOIL

soil, which should be trenched in autumn, the manure used being placed at two spades' See also:

DEPTH

depth from the See also:

SURFACE

surface. The first See also:

CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop should be sown in See also:

March, and the See also:

main crop in See also:

APRIL

April, in rows a See also:

FOOT

foot from each other, the See also:

PLANTS

plants being afterwards thinned to 8 in. apart. In See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November the whitish roots should be taken up and stored in See also:

sand for immediate use, others being secured in a similar way during intervals of mild See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather. The genus Tragopogon belongs to the natural See also:

order See also:

COMPOSITAE

Compositae, and is represented in See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain by See also:

GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat's See also:

beard, T. pratensis, found in meadows, pastures and See also:

WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste places.

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