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the upper part of the bulb ; and, then, the bulb 

 itself (which is the thing sought after) swelled 

 no more. ( The substance of the bulb became 

 hard and stringy ; and the turnips, upon the 

 whole, were smaller and of greatly inferior 

 quality, compared with those, which were sown 

 at the proper time. 



41. The turnips sown between the 15th and 

 26th of June had all these appearances and 

 quality, only in a less degree. But, those which 

 were sown on the 26th of June, were perfect in 

 shape, size, and quality ; and, though I have 

 grown them larger in England, it was not done 

 without more manure upon half an acre than I 

 scratched together to put upon seven acres at 

 Hyde Park ; but of this I shall speak more 

 particularly when I come to the quantity of 

 crop. 



42. The sowings which were made after the 

 26th of June, and before the 10th of July, did 

 very well ; and, one particular sowing on the 

 9th of July, on 12 rods, or perches, of ground, 

 sixteen and a half feet to the rod, yielded 62 

 bushels, leaves and roots cut off, which is after 

 the rate of 992 bushels to an acre. But this sow- 

 ing was on ground extremely well prepared and 

 sufficiently manured with ashes from burnt 

 earth ; a mode of raising manure of which I 

 shall fully treat in a future chapter. 



43. Though this crop was so large, sown on 



