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THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, ETC. 



out from year to year, wc at length obtained so 

 perfect in form, clean in out- 

 line, delicate in skin, and 

 unexceptionable in flavour, 

 that we were induced to cause 

 its seed to be distributed 

 through the medium of the 

 trade. 



In 1861 we sowed a parcel 

 of seed in our own garden 

 obtained from the Messrs. 

 Sutton, after having received 

 from them the following notes 

 upon the growth of the roots 

 in their grounds : — 



We are happy to tell you that in 

 lifting some of eacli of all the varieties 

 of parsnips in our trial-ground, your 

 "Student" was decidedly the best shape, 

 varying in length, but always clean 

 and straight. 



The engraving (Fig. 4) is 

 taken from our garden stock 

 of 1861, as being a common 

 shape of this new variety. It 

 is not quite so long and slender 

 as the usual Long-horned pars- 

 nip, but its clean unbranched 

 outline and solidity of struc- 

 ture recommend it as a good 

 variety, whilst its flavour has 

 been highly extolled by the 



Fig, 3. —Round- topped Parsnip, five generations from 



wild root. 



