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VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



are highly esteemsd for soups. Little grown except at 

 the South. It is of the easiest culture. The seed should be 

 sown about two inches apart in rows two feet apart and in 

 rich, warm soil, at about thetime forplantingbeans. The pods 

 are produced abundantly but are perhaps not as tender when 

 grown in our dry atmosphere as they are in the South. The 

 flowers are large, yellow and very pretty. 



The Varieties known as Dwarf Green and Long Green are 

 best adapted to our climate. 



PARSNIPS. 

 Native of Europe. 



Pastinaea sativa. ) 



■Biennial. — Cultivated for its long, 

 tender root. Seeds light 

 brown in color, flat and 

 marked with five raised 

 lines or ridges. Seed 

 stalks three to five feet 

 high, with large umbels 

 of greenish flowers. 



Culture. The parsnip 

 is grown in the same 

 manner as the carrot, 

 but is rather more par- 

 ticular about the soil 

 on which it grows. Then, 

 too, in manuring the 

 land for this crop, it is 

 important to use only 

 manure which is well 

 rotted, as the applica- 

 cation of fresh manure 

 seems to encourage the 

 formation of side roots. 

 On hard land, too, there 

 is often a tendency for 

 the roots to form side 

 roots, and, as what is 



Fig. 91.— Parsnip plant in flower. -, . , . ,, in . , 



desired is a rather thick 



top root, side roots are to be avoided, if possible. It is 



important to sow the seed early and quite thick and then 



