PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 77 
Owing to the great distance, the turnips cost me 
1 thalers 15 groschen (= 22s. 64. a bushel, but 
nevertheless, I gained 25 per cent. by them, and 
beg to have six bushels more sen «20 
The Teltower turnips аге esp 
е Бау Zane h-Be lig 
ery good, they are not equal 
in piquancy, spins or sweetness, to the rea 
Teltower turn 
these turnips are quid 
'ound Teltow is decidedly sena. § three an 
pes rye-land, the sand being from 1} to 2 feet 
р, and often у асч laying on a my А. of elay- 
1 
The preparation of the Field. 
The t way E 5 till fallow land, in which 
the ture | эш be the freest from weeds and grubs. 
Howeve v diis appears "more and more 
in the sim pere im has been aee 
fully piepažed lat tay 2 eultivation, in order 
gain thereby two n one year. 
With both ways s of Pilling, the field se imme- 
with the first furrow, be well m i 
eight cartloads d short dung to a бен 
the best is short sheep’s dung. Fallow Жой 
okie — three "oe es, and rye-stubble 
and must be shallow о prevent the dung 
ch 
inches is therefore the proper Af h 
uu, det the ve if free from oU M, should 
: M the “field has been thus prepared, then 
0. 
The sowing the Seed. 
This is best done between the 20th 29 24th of 
ме а cir for е 
erience has shown, b 
ing only tw о days ear. lur on de same field, 
the e becam ma s greater 
сей е ing be later, that, in case 
should set in m e roots may be quite ripe, 
which is lutely necessary for their preserva- 
tion when stored. 
‚ А German peck of seed is the pef quantity 
for во M 
r sowing a Magdeburg acre. The 
Widely scattered, and forthwith дне over with 
а light two-toothed harrow, and if c a 
Wooden xd 
plants st 
Should there be no € — at the time 
for sowing, must be had to the following 
ethod: The field must be mh again in 
constantly apparent that the blessing must ed 
be above; and where this is wanting the art 
man is unavailing. This was proved in the month 
of Aug ie last, for there could scarcely have been 
eas - for €— turnips t =a 
this m onth. The time having с roun 
withstanding КЕ НВ" Pair to the ‘bigs 
“safini drou ught, the seed w 
entirely due to the favo - 
ther, which had produced an uncommon quick 
development and h, even where the seed 
had opened only in the middle of September; and 
the frost of 1 to 2 degrees of Reaumur had set in at 
the right time, which is so necessary for the 
keeping, piquancy, and sweetness of the Teltower 
turni 
n the seed is committed to the earth, onè 
v новы more to do with it but to expect in 
ight or ten weeks the most difficult part of the 
онаа of t these turnips. 
The Harvest 
Commencing when the tur- 
Ip 
yello It generally begins 
at the end of Oetober and 
lasts till the middle of No- 
mber, and sometimes longer, 
digging of these 
small turnips is n eas 
as may be believed ; the wea 
s generally rough, 6 
therefore less can 
The labo 
not көп "duris ice 
se they will 
over, the turn 
sifted, ИЧ in Меле? е4 of sand and thel little ы 
== һе 
en 
eut close, and the 
| pee ns of stronger fibres Баа, whereupon tLe 
