VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



reached the proper size, thin to six or eight inches 

 apart in the drill. By the last of June, in ordinary 

 seasons, they will have reached the size of an ordin- 

 ary "Boston cracker" and are then ready for 

 bunching. 



They are tied five in a bunch and marketed in 

 the same manner as early beets. The Early 

 Milan Purple Top and the Early Purple Top 

 Munich, which closely resemble each other in 

 most particulars, are principal sorts raised for 

 early bunching, and are certainly as good as any. 



The proceeds per acre of a good piece of turnips 

 is about the same as of beets, and the cost of raising 

 is about the same, but on the whole they are not 

 as sure a crop as beets, as they are quite liable 

 to become rough, scabby, and wormy, and conse- 

 quently worthless. 



For fall use, the seed may be sown any time 

 from July 1st to August 20th, and they are often 

 sown with grass seed, using about half a pound 

 per acre broadcast with the grass. Grown in 

 this way, their leaves serve as a protection and a 

 help to the grass plants as soon as they commence 

 to start. 



The fall crop is marketed by the bushel, either 

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