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PARSNIPS. 



Many people are delighted with the taste of parsnips 

 from the first trial ; others acquire a liking for them, 

 while only a very few people do not relish them. 



We would not advise gardeners to use them for stock 

 feed, though it is often done. 



It is not a good vegetable to be grown for distant 

 markets, but should be raised for home use and local 

 markets. 



SOIL AND PREPARATION. 



Its native habitat is in moist or swampy places, but 

 here it grows " all to top " and produces only a small 

 root, but with the transfer to dry uplands comes an 

 increased size of root. 



Select a dry, deep loam, and prepare as deeply as 

 your implements and soil will permit : work the ferti- 

 lizer in deep. 



FERTILIZER FORMULA. 



Nitrogen 3 per cent. 



Potash 8 per cent. 



Available phosphoric acid.. ^..9 per cent. 



Use from 600 to 900 pounds of the above formula in 

 the drills. Be sure that it is worked in deeply and 

 thoroughly. A good way will be to run out a deep 

 double furrow where the row is to be, apply a portion 

 of the fertilizer, and mix thoroughly with enough soil 

 to fill about one third of the furrow ; then add some 

 more fertilizer and mix in more soil ; continue this 

 mixing until all the fertilizer has been used, when the 

 row should be a little above the general level. If the 

 flat or turnip-shaped varieties are planted, the prepa- 

 ration and fertilizer need not be so deep. 



The following table will give the amount of fertili- 

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