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gust ; and, If properly managed, they will 

 be as early fit for use as turnips sown on 

 the loth of June in Great Britain ; the 

 vegetation in America being much quicker. 

 The quantity of seed sown is generally a 

 quarter of a pound per acre. Thus they 

 are often very thin : but that you must 

 expect, as it is very customary to sow 

 timothy-grass seed amongst them; in which 

 case they cannot be hoed; therefore, these 

 sort of crops are about one hundred or one 

 hundred and fifty bushels per acre. Some 

 Americans will tell you the produce is one 

 thousand bushels per acre, and that they 

 sell for one dollar per bushel. So they do 

 for one or two market-days; and sometimes 

 at one penny each, in the spring, when not 

 larger than a hen's egg. These are the 

 early turnips to use in soup. The general 

 price of the winter turnips is half a dollar 

 per bushel. 



The sorts of turnips in general use are — 

 the old English red-top, and green-top, 

 with a large tap-root. There are a few of 



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