34 MINUTES AUG. 



20. goofe. They arc irregular and uncouth in their 



TURNEPS. form, with inferior excrefcences frefembling 

 the races of ginger) hanging to them. On cut- 

 ting them, their general appearance is that of 

 a hard turnep , but on examining them through 

 a magnifier, there are veins, or itring-like vef- 

 fels, difperfed among the pulp. The fmell and 

 talle fomewhat refembie thofe of turneps ; but 

 without their mildnefs ; having an auftere 

 and fomewhat difagreeable flavour, refcmbling 

 that of an old flringy turnep. The tops of 

 thofe which are much affefted turn yellow, and 

 flag with the heat of the fun ; fo that, in the day- 

 time, they are obvioufly diftinguifhable from 

 thofe which are healthy. 



It feems to be an idea among farmers, that 

 the caufe of the anbury is the foil's being tired 

 of turneps , owing to their having been too often 

 fown on the fame land. This, however, Fpofi- 

 tively erroneous ; for the piece from which I 

 drew thefe fpecimens was an old orchard, and 

 never before bore turneps in the memory of 

 man. 



Quere Is it not caufed by the above-men- 

 tioned or fome other grub, that, wounding 

 the veflcls of the tap-root, diverts the conrfe 

 of the fap ; which, inftead of forming the ap- 

 ple, forms this excrefcence ? 



AUGUST 



