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with their foliage, they need no further attention. 

 Varieties are short (or round), medium, and long. 

 Diseases and pests are not trouble- 

 some. 



Soil for parsnips should be 

 cool, moist, rich, and deep. It 

 should not bake over the seeds, 



and at the time 



of planting 



must be deeply 



tilled, that 



the roots may 



go deep and 



straight and 



not be forced 



to branch. A 



high or a hard 



mental to Parsnip. The soil should 



not have been recently manured, 



but may be well enriched with com- 

 mercial fertilizer. 



Distances. Rows, eighteen to 



twenty-four inches apart. 



Depth. One-half to one inch. 

 Seed should be fresh, as it loses 



in germinating power after the first 



year. For this reason, and because 



Fig. 92. : , , 



Long Parsnips. ^ sprouts slowly. 



Fig. 91. Parsnip. 



subsoil is detri- 



