288 The Principles of Vegetable -Gardening 



RUTABAGA 



The requirements for the growing of rutabagas are 

 the same as for the growing of turnips, except that the 

 plants require a month to six weeks' longer time in 

 which to mature. 



Rutabaga differs from the turnip in having a denser 

 and mostly yellow -fleshed root, which is rounded or 

 elongated and not distinctly flat, the leaves glaucous- 

 blue and not hairy, the crown long and leafy, the roots 

 arising from the under side of the tuber as well as from 

 the tap-root. Compare Figs. 66 and 67. It is a richer 

 vegetable than the turnip. It is grown either as a spring 

 or a fall crop and is used also for stock -feeding. As in 

 the case of the turnip, the product that is grown for 

 stock is raised from summer-sown seeds. For the main 

 crop, the seeds are usually sown as early as the first of 

 July or the latter part of June. 



The rutabaga, known in England also as Swedish turnip and 

 turnip-rooted cabbage and in French as chou-navet, is Brassica 

 campestris, native of Eur-Asia. 



PARSNIP 



A cool, very deep rich soil and one that does not 

 "bake" over the seeds, and a full length season, are the 

 requisites for parsnip -growing. 



The parsnip occupies the land during the whole sea- 

 son. The seeds are sown in the spring as early as the 

 ground is fit. The roots may be harvested in the fall 

 and stored in the cellar or in pits, or they may be left in 



