SOWING AND PLANTING 43 



the ripening of the fruit is twenty weeks. From exten- 

 sive trials during the last thirty years, the following 

 varieties have succeeded well out of doors, viz. ' Main- 

 crop,' ' Earliest of All,' ' Open Air,' ' Eclipse,' and 

 'Al'. 



Turnip. Turnips should be sown in a rich moist soil. 

 Get a fine tilth, then draw drills 1 foot apart and 1 inch 

 deep ; sow the seed very thinly. One ounce of seed will 

 sow a 200-foot row. Thin the plants to 8 inches apart. 



Periodical sowings may be made from March till 

 August. 



The turnips will be ready for use in about eight weeks 

 from the time of sowing. 



'Early Snowball', 'Green Top White', and 'Orange 

 Jelly ' are good varieties to grow for successional 

 sowings. 



Vegetable Marrow. The vegetable marrow is very 

 easy of cultivation and does not require the elaborate 

 preparations some make in heaping up above the ground- 

 level several loads of manure. Place in some corner of 

 the garden all the refuse possible, on to which put 

 6 inches of ordinary garden soil. 



The first week in May plant in this preparation seeds 

 12 inches apart and 2 inches deep. 



When the young plants come up thin out to 3 feet 

 apart and protect from frost. When the plants are well 

 established and the leaders 2 to 3 feet long, pinch out the 

 growing-points. Stop the lateral shoots one leaf beyond 

 the fruit. Keep the plants well supplied with water and 

 feed liberally with farmyard liquid manure. Cut the 

 fruits when young and tender, which will prolong the 

 fruiting period. 



Good varieties to grow are ' White Bush '. ' Pen-y- 

 byd ', ' Long Green ', and 'Long Cream '. 



