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seedlings when up thinned out to about a foot 

 apart. 



The ground should be frequently hoed after the 

 plants are up, so as to keep down weeds and air 

 the soil to check evaporation. Burnt earth applied 

 as a top dressing three or four times during growth 

 has a wonderful effect upon the growth of the 

 plants. 



A second sowing is generally made at the end 

 of May and a third for the main crop towards the 

 end of June. 



For early sowing, Sutton's Early Snowball, 

 Early Milan, and Carter's Jersey Lily ; and for main 

 crops, Veitch's Red Globe, Orange Jelly, White 

 Stone, Red American Stone, and Chirk Castle 

 Black Stone. For autumn and early winter supply, 

 Orange Jelly and Chirk Castle Blackstone are best. 

 The skin of the latter is black, but the flesh is white 

 as snow, and possesses a finer and more delicate 

 flavour than any other, and is perfectly hardy. 



There are also many kinds of turnips of French 

 origin, such as the Long Forcing Paris, which 

 resembles a large oval radish, the Long White 

 Means, or Cowhorn Turnip, with long crooked 

 roots like a deformed carrot, and the Yellow 

 Finland. 



Turnips are very liable to the turnip fly pest, 

 which makes great havoc among the young plants 

 directly they appear above ground in dry weather. 

 The principal safeguards are keeping the soil moist 

 and frequent dustings of lime given when the 

 foliage is wet with dew or rain. They are also 

 liable to a disease called finger-and-toe, which is a 

 fungus, and the only thing to do is to give a little 

 gas lime. 



