264 SWEDISH TURNIPS. [PART II. 



earth put over the turnip heaps, or stacks, it 

 would be better; and, it would be much more 

 convenient. I shall venture it for a part of my 

 crop ; and I would recommend others to try it. 

 The Northern Winter is, therefore, no objection 

 to the raising of any of these crops ; and, 

 indeed, the crops are far more necessary there 

 than to the Southward, because the Northern 

 Winter is so much longer than the Southern. 

 Let the snows (even the Nova Scotia snows) 

 come. There are the crops safe. Ten minutes 

 brings in a waggon load at any time in winter, 

 and the rest remain safe till spring. 



242. I have been asked how I would manage 

 the Swedish turnips, so as to keep them 'till 

 June or July. In April (for Long Island); 

 that is to say, when the roots begin to shoot 

 out greens, or, as they will be, yell&ws, when 

 hidden from the light. Let rne stop here a 

 moment, to make a remark which this circum 

 stance has suggested. I have said before, that 

 if you keep the bulbs from the light, they will 

 freeze and thaw without the least injury. I 

 was able to give no reason for this ; and who 

 can give a reason for leaves being yellow if they 

 grow in the dark, and green, if they grow in the 

 light? It is not the sun (except as the source 

 of light) that makes the green; for any plant 

 that grows in constant shade will be green ; while 



