362 The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. 



Turnips, for autumn and winter supplies, usually follow a 

 crop for which the ground has been well prepared, and in 

 such a case excellent results would be obtained by applying 

 3 cwt. kainit and 3 cwt. superphosphates (or limphos or basic 

 slag, according to the nature of the soil). Poor soils or those 

 of a very sandy nature cannot be expected to yield satisfactory 

 crops without the assistance of natural manure, and this should 

 be given in a well-decayed condition, from 10 to 15 tons per 

 acre, according to the nature and condition of the soil, with the 

 addition of kainit and superphosphates as above, distributed 

 over the surface and well harrowed in before seeding. 



Varieties: For hot-beds, cold frames, and early borders: 

 (long) Early Long White Frame, Jersey Navet; (flat) Early 

 Red Milan, Early White Milan ; (round) Early White Strap-leaf. 

 For early open borders and catch-crops, also for autumn 

 pulling : Early Snowball, Early White Dutch, Early Six-weeks. 

 For summer : Veitch's Red Globe. For " tops " : Green Globe. 



VEGETABLE MARROWS. 



Cucurbita Pepo ovifera. 



ALTHOUGH the Marrow crop is not of great importance 

 it is nevertheless very useful. Large quantities are 

 grown for market, and as the culture is simple and the plant 

 productive, in a favourable season the supply often overruns 

 the demand, with the result that the market becomes glutted 

 and prices rule extremely low, especially after the middle of 

 the summer. In the early part of the summer, however, 

 supplies are limited, prices high, and the demand good. An 

 effort should therefore be made to get them on the market as 

 early as possible. With proper care the plants continue to 

 bear until the middle of September; in some few cases, where 

 the expenses for carriage are very low, it may pay to continue 

 marketing the crop as late as this, but in the majority of cases 

 it is a better plan to clear the ground of the plants in August 

 and occupy it with some other crop. 



