The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



TURNIPS 



Have an important place in the garden as they 

 may be used as a catch crop almost any time 

 during summer. Wherever vacancies occur in 

 rows of early vegetables and it is inconvenient 

 owing to lack of seed or other reasons to replant 

 with the same vegetable, then one may have re- 

 course to the ever useful turnip and fill in the 

 hiatus with that. Turnips are at their best when 

 young and tender, about three inches in diam- 

 eter, and a constant succession can be assured by 

 planting in this way or where the first crop of 

 vegetables has been removed. For fall and win- 

 ter use sowings may be made in July and August. 

 Success frequently results from sowing among 

 the sweet corn just before the last cultivation; 

 with favorable weather a crop will mature before 

 severe freezing weather and turnips are the better 

 for a touch of frost. 



Open a shallow drill with the hand plough or 

 by dragging the corner of the hoe along the row 

 and scatter the seed very thinly. If the planting 



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