236 VEGETABLE GROWING. 



PLANTING AND CULTIVATING. 



Turnip seeds are best sown with a seed drill. They 

 may be sown by hand, but this is not satisfactory. A 

 tin can, with a hole punched in the bottom, may be 

 used with more or less aggravation. 



Make the rows eighteen inches or two feet apart, 

 and sow the seed about twice as thick as you want the 

 plants to stand. Cover the seed one-half inch to an 

 inch deep. When the plants are four or five inches 

 high, thin out so as to give the plants from four to 

 eight inches each. 



The cultivation needs to be sufficient to keep the 

 ground mellow and the weeds from growing. 



MARKETING. 



Turnips that can be marketed in October and Novem- 

 ber meet with ready sale in local markets, in bunches 

 containing five to eight turnips and " greens." Later, 

 the greens are not wanted, and they are marketed like 

 potatoes. 



