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large cities, having a market for everything green that 

 they can raise during the whole year, and for some crops, 

 such as celery and salsify, which meet with no sale in small 

 places, find their second crops very profitable ; but, in our 

 case, the chances are that we must be content with small 

 returns from this source. 



We are debarred from raising rutabagas, or French tur- 

 nips, and late cabbages, for the reason that these cannot 

 follow our crop of cabbages, and if they were made to fol- 

 low any of the other crops they would injure the land for 

 the growth of early cabbages the next year. 



Celery is a good crop for land that is in good condition, 

 but it is hardly worth raising for small markets. 



Horseradish, sweet herbs, mangel wurzel, sweet corn, and 

 common turnips are about the only safe reliance. Of 

 these, the first is the most profitable, as it finds a ready sale 

 among the pickle-makers in cities. Concerning its cultiva- 

 tion, the following is copied from an article furnished by 

 Peter Henderson for the Report of the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment for 1865 : 



" The culture is very simple, and so far very profitable. 

 The plants or sets used are the pieces broken off from the 

 main root in its preparation for market. These are cut into 

 lengths of about six inches, and are from one-quarter to one- 

 half inch in diameter. They are planted letween the rows 

 of cabbage or cauliflower as soon as these crops are planted 

 in thx. Spring, and about the same distance apart between 



