CHAP. II.] RUTA BAG A CULTURE. 101 



States is in want of food a.tthis /pinching sea 

 son of the year, the fetrlt "is, neitlier in the soil 

 nor in the climate. ".>7% fl : / V'K '/*'/: /< 



28. It is, therefore, of my mode of cultivating 

 this root on this Island that I mean, at present, 

 to treat ; to which matter I shall add, in another 

 PART of my work, an account of my experi 

 ments as to the MANGEL WURZEL, or SCARCITY 

 ROOT ; though, as will be seen, I deem that root, 

 except in particular cases, of very inferior im 

 portance. The parsnip, the carrot, the cab 

 bage, are all excellent in their kind and in their 

 uses; but, as to these, I have not yet made, 

 upon a scale sufficiently large here, such ex 

 periments as would warrant me in speaking with 

 any degree of confidence. Of these, and other 

 matters, I propose to treat in a future PART, 

 which [ shall, probably, publish towards the 

 latter end of this present year. 



29. The Ruta Baga is a sort of turnip 

 well known in the State of New York, where, 

 under the name of Russia turnip, it is used 

 for the Table from February to July. But, as 

 it may be more of a stranger in other parts of 

 the country, it seems necessary to give it 

 enough of description to enable every reader to 

 distinguish it from every other sort of turnip. 



30. The leaf of every other sort of turnip 

 is of a yellowish green, while the leaf of the 

 Ruta Baga is of .a bluish green, like the green 



