TURNIPS. 



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Strap Leaf; for winter use, the Yellow Aberdeen and Purple Top 

 Ruta Baga. Wherever the soil is suitable for early turnips, and will 

 produce them in a clean condition, without being affected with the 

 maggot, they are a safer and more profitable crop to grow than beets; 

 but it is only in special localities where this cleanliness of crop can be 

 had, and hence the profit to the fortunate owner of such soils. They 



WHITE EGG TURNIP. 



PURPLE TOP RUTA. BAGA. 



are largely grown in the vicinity of New York on Long Island, in 

 locations near the sea, where they seem to be exempt from the 

 maggot and wire worm. It is no uncommon thing for them to pay a 

 profit of $500 per acre when these special conditions can be obtained. 

 The turnip fly or flea, which damages and sometimes destroys the 

 first sowings, may be driven off by dusting fine lime or wood ashes 

 along the rows as soon as the young plants appear above the ground. 



QUANTITIES OF SEED. 



The following table will give the quantity of vegetable seeds 

 required to sow an acre: 



Beans, dwarf, in drills 2 bushels. 



Beans, pole, in drills 10 to 12 quarts. 



Beets, in drills 5 to 6 pounds. 



