ROOT CROPS UNDER GLASS 



profit in growing the Egyptian onion under glass in cold 

 localities, but I am not aware that it has been tried com- 

 mercially. The bulblets, which form in place of seed, could 

 be planted in flats of rich earth, 6 inches deep, well watered 

 and attended to until freezing weather, when they could be 

 covered thickly with straw until needed, or brought under 

 glass at once. The after treatment would be similar, ex- 

 cept that a temperature below 65 would prove most satis- 

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BEETS, CARROTS, AND TURNIPS. 



The root crops grow readily in lettuce beds, but their 

 commercial value is so 

 small and the length 

 of time required for 

 their growth so great 

 that they are rarely 

 profitable. Beets are 

 occasionally grown 

 between the late win- 

 ter crops of tomatoes 

 or cucumbers. If the 

 house has grown let- 

 tuce or other cool 

 crops, the beets may 

 be transplanted into 

 the beds in rows 

 about 3 feet apart, 

 setting the cucumber 

 plants between the 

 rows. The beets 

 should be off by the 

 time the other plants 

 demand all the room. 

 The turnip beets (like 

 the Egyptian), half- 

 long carrots and early varieties of turnips are the varieties 



47. A bunch of winter carrots. 



