42 ESCULENT ROOTS. 



Common, or and numerous ; generally about two feet Ion"- 



Dutch. Trans. 



SWELLING PARS- or high. The roots are from twenty to thirty 



S M OOTH L J?UXCH inches in i engt h ? and from three to four 

 inches in diameter at the shoulder, regularly tapering to the 

 end, occasionally producing a few strong fangs. The crown 

 is short and narrow, elevated, and contracting gradually 

 from the shoulder, which is generally below the surface of 

 the ground. 



Seeds from America, Holland, and Germany, sown in the 

 garden of the London Horticultural Society, all proved 

 alike ; though some were superior to others in the size of 

 their roots, owing, it was thought, both to a careful selection 

 of seed-roots and to the age of the seeds. It was found that 

 new seeds uniformly produced the largest roots. 



Early Short- A recently introduced variety, similar to the 

 Horn. Me Int. J 



Turnip-rooted, but shorter. Very delicate and 

 fine-flavored. 



Guernsey. The leaves of this variety grow much stronger 

 I.OKO SMOOTH, and somewhat taller than those of the Common 

 SSut******' Parsnip. The leaflets are also broader. The 

 only distinguishable difference in the roots is, that those of 

 the Guernsey Parsnip are the larger and more perfect, being 

 sometimes three feet long. Roots produced from seed ob- 

 tained from Guernsey were evidently much superior to those 

 which were grown from seed raised in other localities : from 

 which it would appear that the Guernsey Parsnip is only an 

 improved variety of the Common, arising from soil and 

 cultivation in that island. Dr. McCulloch states that, in 

 Guernsey, its roots grow to the length of four feet. In 

 its flavor, it differs little from the Common Dutch 

 Parsnip. 



