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from potatoes as a market crop, and for the farmer's garden a 

 few may well be sown in the poorest spot in the garden, as rich 

 soil is apt to make them rank. Sow the Early Horn for the first 

 crop, and thin, the same as directed for beets. The Long Orango 

 is the best for later sowing and winter keeping. 



Turnips for winter use should be sown about the first of 

 August, but a few " purple top strap leaved" sown in May, or 

 the first of June, afford a desirable addition to the summer table. 

 For winter keeping, the White Dutch, Finland, Yellow Dutch, 

 and White Purple Top are recommended. [See Chapter VII.) 



Onions, though discarded from society, are too good to be 

 banished, and we advise a bed of onions in the farmer's garden, 

 by all. means. The mode of cultivation is described on another 

 page. 



The Parsnip is exceedingly desirable, as they may be left in 

 the bed over the winter, and afford fresh vegetables as soon as 

 the frost is out in the spring. The free use of the parsnip at 

 this time is most beneficial to the system, after the somewhat 

 limited fare of the late winter months. Its cultivation is the 

 same as for the carrot and other vegetables of this class. 

 Plant in rows one foot apart, and thin to four inches. A half 

 ounce of seed is sufficient for a hundred feet of drill. 



The Eadish is much esteemed in cities, and is desirable in 

 every garden. It gives a relish to other articles of food, other- 

 wise rather insipid. A light rich soil, deep and finely pulverized, 

 will grow radishes in six weeks from tlie planting. Sow in drills 

 an inch deep and six inches apart. Thin to two inches apart after 

 they are well up. A drill six feet long sown in the hot-bed the 

 first of March, another in the cold frame the first of April, a 

 third in the open garden the first of May, a fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth, at intervals of a month, between the rows of asparagus, 

 will furnish your table daily from April to October. 



