The Gardener's New Director. 225 



TURNIPS. 



The common forts ufed here, are, 



I ^he Early Round White Dutch. 

 1 The Yellow Turnip. 



3 The Long French Turnip or Naveau. 



4 The Green Dutch. 



THE firfl: is chiefly ufed in this country for 

 early crops, and for eating raw in May and June, 

 of which many are very fond. To have them very 

 early is a great ambition amongft gardeners : In 

 fandy grounds you may fucceed very well by fowlng 

 them in February to pull in May ; but their beds are 

 to be matted. As foon as they appear with five leaves, 

 it will be proper to thin them, which is all the cul- 

 ture they require ; and the frefher and more virgin 

 the earth is, the fweeter and more tender they will 

 be. I would recommend the beds for thefe early crops 

 to be no more than four feet broad, for the better 

 management of them. If the weather is very dry in 

 March or April, give them water twice a week, and at 

 fix in the morning; for fliould you water them at night, 

 the froft might kill them ; and in fun-fhine their leaves 

 would be fcorchcd. If you perceive the black fly to attack 

 them, lay in fome unflacked lime or beer-chaff below 

 their tops, and water them well at the hour jufl: menti- 

 oned, and this will efi'cclually defliroy them. 



In clay grounds, fow a few beds of them pretty 

 thick ; and, as fuon as you obferve them above ground, 

 matt them at night, removing the covering in the day, 

 to give them air ; and, unlefs the feafon be very dry, be 

 fparing of your water in this foil, obferving not to fow 

 them upon dunged lard. 



The fccond feafon for fowing is from /Ipril to /lugujl^ 

 after which time no Turnips fhould be luv. n, and then 

 Lewarc cif tiie black fiv. 



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