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ter, we prefer the Long Blood Beet or Smooth Long Dark-red. Tlio la«t 

 should not he sown till near the first uf June. It' it matures early, the 

 top part, which grows out of ground, is very woody. Always soak beet- 

 seed twenty-four hours, and then roll it in plaster, ashes, dust, or meal, to 

 dry it for handling while planting. An ^uuco of seed will plant a row cue 

 liuudrud feet long. 



^30. I'arsueps should be sown early, and may bo left where they prow 

 till tliu ground is wanted for a second crop. The soil must be trenched 

 and rich, or manured deep below the surlace, to grow good parsneps. An 

 ounce of seed sows a row two hundred feet long— five pounds au aero. 

 'Die Long Smootii is the best variety, rarsueps arc exceUcut food for 

 stock. 



531. Salsify, or Oi/skr JHant, shoidd be sown early in spring; an ounce 

 of seed to a row thirty feet long. Like parsneps, they arc improved by 

 standing all winter where they grew. 



Horseradish, is a plant of the genus Cachlcaria, which is a sort of Bcurvv- 

 grasj, and is unknown to, or, at least, uncultivated by many farmers. Its 

 sharp, pungent root is very agreeable to most persons as a seasoning to 

 meats, and it is considered a healthy e.xcitant of appetite. It is eiuiilv 

 grown from cuttings in any deep, rich soil, even a mucky one that is quite 

 wet. It is best after standing out all winter. In tho vicinity of cities it is 

 extensively grown as a market crop, and is very profitable. For family use 

 a few plants will sullice. 



5.i2. Ouiou Culturei — There arc three principal sorts of onions grown from 

 seed i)roduced on the top — the red, yellow, and white. There is a kind 

 called Early Ited, and the largo "Wethersfield lied ; tho latter grows the lar- 

 gest, and is best for field culture. The Uanvers ydllow variety is mild fla- 

 vored, early, and kee])S well, and is j)referred, where best known, to tiio 

 Yellow Dutch, which is known in some places as IStrasburg or Silver-skin. 

 The "White Portugal onion is the mildest, and good to grow for family 

 use, but requires great care to keep it over winter. In some parts of tho 

 country scarcely any but top onions are grown. This kind iJrodueea 

 miniature onions on the top of the stalk, which arc set to grow bnllw for 

 use. Onions require a rich sandy loam, highly manured with thoroughly 

 rotted compost, deejily and finely worked and rolled, and tho seed sown, one 

 ounce to a row fifteen feet long, in drills fourteen inches apart, and tho 

 plants left standing four inches apart. I'nlike most other things, onions do 

 best upon the same plat year after year. Wood ashes, a|>plied an top- 

 dressing, make one of tho best fertilizers that can be given to an onion Ixd. 

 To prevent the ravages of the onion maggot, which of lato years has pruVl^l 

 so destructive, it is recommended to sow j>oi)]>ie8 with the onion. 



533. Foas—fhoirc kinds ai«HiilCivatioti.— The follou r'/ 



peas ill their ortler: Daniel ()"Kourke; Karly I'rinr. _ mr ; 



Prince Albert ; Early Kent. Tho following are dwarf variotio* : Tom 

 Tinimb ; Bishop's Early Dwarf, quite prolific and early ; Bishop'* New I/>og 



