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method, and has been discarded by some growers. 

 These have a frame made exactly the size of each 

 light. As many cross-pieces as there are to be rows 

 of Turnips are fixed to these frames, and in each 

 cross-piece as many pegs are fixed as there are to be 

 Turnips in a row. All that is necessary is to press 

 the frame with the pegs downwards upon the pre- 



FIG. 57. HALF-LONG WHITE FORCING TURNIP. 



pared soil, and each peg makes a hole in which the 

 Turnip seeds are then sown. 



The variety of Turnip favoured by the Parisian 

 grower is called " Marteau " or " Half -long Vertu " 

 (fig. 56), owing to its quick growth and excellent 

 quality. It is the variety par excellence for the first 

 early crops, and Parisian gardeners have made 

 thousands of pounds by its cultivation. The " Half- 

 long White Forcing " Turnip (fig. 57) is also an early 

 variety well suited for frame culture. " Red Flat 



