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now be sown, and toward the middle or end of the month you may 

 sow a good crop of the white and black winter or Spanish radish, to 

 draw early in autumn. 



CARROTS, PARSNEPS, AND ONIONS. 



The crops of carrots, parsneps, and onions, must now be kept 

 clean and free from weeds ; and if you observe that your onions in- 

 cline more to tops and roots, you may with a long stick gently lay 

 over their tops on one side, so as to bend them, and in a few days 

 after, lay them back to the opposite side, which will check the ascent 

 of the juices and cause the bulbs to swell. 



BEETS. 



The crops of beet should be kept very clean and the plants thin- 

 ned to proper distances, that they may have room to swell and grow 

 large. 



The seeds of these plants are generally sown in drills, or rows, 

 a foot or more asunder ; and where that method was practised, you 

 can now more readily clear out the weeds and thin the plants ; ob- 

 serving to thin them to ten inches distance in the rows ; also, where 

 the seed was sown broadcast, so as the plants stand promiscuously, 

 they must likewise be cut out to ten or twelve inches distance, plant 

 from plant, and the roots will grow to a large size accordingly. 



You may now sow succession crops of red, green, and white beet ; 

 and also of the Mangel wurtzel, or root of scarcity ; they will all 

 succeed well from this sowing, but the green and white kinds are 

 generally cultivated for their leaves (see page 203), while the last is 

 only useful for cattle. 



TURNIPS. 



The advancing crops of turnips should be hoed and thinned to 

 proper distances, and this ought always to be done at an early period 

 of their growth. As they do not grow large at this season, six or 

 seven inches apart will be sufficient. 



SCORZONERA, SKIRRETS, SALSAFY, AND HAMBURG PARSLEY. 



Thin and clear from weeds the crops of scorzonera, salsafy, skirret, 

 and large rooted parsley, which perform either by hand or small- 

 hoeing, thinning out the plants to six inches distance, and cutting up 

 all the weeds. 



ENDIVE. 



Transplant endive that is now of a sufficient size ; for the method, 

 see page 396. 



Sow another crop of curled endive, to keep up a regular succession 

 when wanted ; and also some of the broad Batavian kind j this grows 



