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TOMATO — Tomate ou pomme. 



It should be sown in hot beds in March, or in warm 

 borders the first of jNIay. Its cuhivation is too well 

 known to require further directions. 



TURNIP — JVavet. 



Sow as early in the spring as possible, on a light, 

 moderately rich soil. It should be well dug, and if 

 necessary to manure, let it be done at the latter end 

 of the year, or if applied at the time of sowing, the 

 dung should be well rotted and buried beneath the sur- 

 face; fresh dung should never be used for turnips. Sow 

 broadcast and rake in ; when the plants are well up, 

 thin out with the hoe to six or eight inches. For the 

 fall and winter crop, sow about the tenth of August, on 

 good ground, from w^hich an early crop of lettuce, rad- 

 ishes, potatoes, &:c. may have been taken. Clear the 

 ground and dig it well — sow broadcast as before, and 

 thin out with a hoe to fifteen inches. When sowed in 

 rows, the drills should be an inch deep, and twelve or 

 fifteen inches asunder. 



Sand or gravel, with a mixture of loam, produce the 

 sweetest and best flavored roots. It should be made 

 fine, but not too rich, lest the turnips be rank and ill 

 tasted. Ground which has been newly cleared from 

 the forest, yields the largest and sweetest roots; and 

 on such spots there is least danger from insects. ''Next 

 to new land, swarded ground is to be chosen for a crop 

 of turnips; and the way to prepare it is, to plough it 

 pretty deep in the spring, and fold it by turning in the 

 stock for a good number of nights; for there is scarcely 

 any of our fields sufliciently rich to produce turnips 

 without manuring; and folding in this way appears to be 

 the best method of enriching the ground for this pur- 

 pose. It should be well harrowed as often as once a 

 week, while the folding is continued, to mix the excre- 

 ments of the cattle with the soil." 



To prevent the depredations of the fly, which infest 

 this plant in ho.^ weather, let the seed be steeped in 

 water, with one ounce of sulphur to the pint. One 



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