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other two. The two former sorts should be sown 

 about the end of July, in rows (in a garden) two 

 feet apart, and thinned out to a foot distance in 

 the rows. Good and deep hoeing and one digging 

 should take place during their growth ; for, a large 

 turnip of the same age is better, weight for weight, 

 than a small one, just as the largest apples, or 

 peaches, growing upon the same tree, are better 

 than the small ones growing on it the same year. 

 The Swedish turnip, so generally preferred for 

 table use here, and so seldom used for the table 

 in England, ought to be sown early in June, in 

 rows at a foot apart and thinned to three inches 

 in the rows. About the middle of July they 

 ought to be transplanted upon ridges three feet 

 apart (in a garden}, and during their growth, 

 ought to be kept clean, and to be dug between 

 twice at least, as deep as a good spade can be 

 made to go. As to the preserving of turnips 

 during the winter, follow precisely the directions 

 given for the preserving of Beets, See Beet. 

 But the Swedish Turnip is of further use as pro- 

 ducing most excellent greens in the spring, and 

 at a very early season. To draw this benefit 

 from them the best way is, to leave a row or two 

 in the ground, and when the winter is about to 

 set in, cover them all over with straw or cedar 

 boughs. Take these off when the winter breaks 

 up, and you will have very early and most ex- 

 cellent greens ; and when you have done with 

 the greens, the Turnips are very good to eat. 



272. WORMWOOD is a herb purely medi- 

 cinal. It may be propagated from seed, from 

 slips, or from offsets. It ought not to occupy a 

 space of more than a foot square. It must be 

 clried and put by in bags for winter use. 



