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is a rich shade of orange. In shape it is midway be- 

 tween the Early Scarlet Horn md the Long Orange. 

 Under the best cultivation, it is said to have yielded 

 from twenty-five to thirty tons of roots per acre. 



Large White Belgian. The most productive of all 

 varieties. The root is white ; that part growing above 

 ground, and exposed to the air, green. It is exclusively 

 grown for stock, bearing nearly twice as much in weight 

 per acie as the Long Orange. Horses do not eat it quite 

 so readily, however, and'it is said to be less nutritious 

 than the red or orange sorts. 



Yellow Belgian. Similar to above ; color, yellow. 



CHERVIL. TURNIP-BOOTED. (Cho&rophyllum bulbosum.) 



A vegetable of recent introduction, closely allied to 

 the Parsnip, which it resembles in shape. It is of a 

 grayish color ; the flesh is white and mealy, tasting 

 something like the Sweet Potato. It is equally as hardy 

 as the Parsnip, and in France, where it has been culti- 

 vated to a considerable extent, is said to have yielded six 

 tons per acre. It is one of the many plants that were 

 experimented with in Europe as a substitute for the 

 Potato, when it was feared that that tuber would be lost 

 to us by disease. Its culture is in all respects similar to 

 the Parsnip or Carrot ; it is entirely hardy in any lati- 

 tude, and is rather improved by the action of the frost. 

 It must be sown as early in spring as the soil is fit to 

 work, it being slow to germinate if the weather becomes 

 hot and dry. 



