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(Fig. 233) Blood Turnip. For winter crop, choose Long 

 Dark Blood. Some of the early varieties, when sown late, 

 are also good keepers. (For Swiss Chard, see page 379.) 



Beets are generally free from insect and fungous troubles, 

 although a leaf -blight is common in some places. For 



233. Bastian Turnip beet. 



234. A half-long carrot. 



this two or three sprayings with Bordeaux mixture, before 

 the disease makes headway, are effective. 



TURNIPS should be grown in drills, like beets, for the 

 early crop. The young plants will stand light frosts. 

 Choose a rainy day for planting, if practicable. Cover 

 the seed very lightly. Thin the young plants to five to 

 seven inches in the row. Sow every two weeks if a con- 



