130 TURNIP WAT EE-C RE S3, 



TURNIP. 



To have early turnips, the seed should be sown from 

 early in April until the middle oi May, in drills half an 

 inch deep and twelve to fifteen inches apart, the plants 

 being thinned out to six or eight inches apart. For the 

 early crops the soil should be warm and light, but the late 

 crops can be grown on heavy soil. In either case the land 

 must be well manured. For the autumn crops, the seed can 

 be sown from the end of July until the end of August. About 

 a month after the plants are up they should be well hoed, 

 and the operation repeated in three or four weeks after- 

 wards, as this makes them grow rapidly. 



There are a great number of varieties of turnips, but for 

 general use, both for an early crop as well as for a late 

 crop, there is none equal to the Red- topped Strap-leaved 

 among the white-fleshed sorts, and the Golden Sail and 

 the Yellow Finland among the yellow-fleshed sorts. 



WATER-CRESS. 



Water- cress requires a clear running stream and a grav- 

 elly soil. The roots should be planted in the spring of the 

 year in slow-running streams, where the water is from 

 three to eight inches deep. When the roots are well es- 

 tablished the plants will rapidly increase, and, by their 

 natural process of seed -sowing and spreading of the roots, 

 they will soon cover the surface of the stream. When 

 planted, the rows should be planted parallel with the 

 course of the stream, about eighteen inches apart. The 

 plants should always be cut, not broken off, as breaking 

 them off is injurious to the plants. After they have been 

 cut off two or three times, they will begin to stock out or 

 thicken out, and tl:.en the oftener they are cut the better. 



