THE PARSNIP. 25 



The leaves of this variety grow much Guernsey. 

 stronger and somewhat taller than those of Trans. 



. LONG SMOOTH. 



the Common Parsnip. The only distinguish- 

 able difference in the roots is, that those of the Guernsey 

 Parsnip are the larger and more perfect, being sometimes 

 three feet long. Roots produced from seed obtained from 

 Guernsey were evidently much superior to those which were 

 grown from seed raised in other localities ; from which it 

 would appear that the Guernsey Parsnip is only an improved 

 variety of the common, arising from soil and cultivation in 

 that island. Dr. McCulloch states, that, in Guernsey, its 

 roots grow to the length of four feet. In its flavor, it differs 

 little from the Common Dutch Parsnip. 



In this variety, the leaves are shorter and not Hollow- 

 so numerous as those of the Common Parsnip. Trans. 

 The roots are oblong, eighteen inches in length, and four 

 inches in diameter at the shoulder, more swollen at the top, 

 and not tapering gradually, but ending somewhat abruptly 

 with a small tap-root. The crown is short, and quite sunk 

 into the shoulder, so as to form a hollow ring around the 

 insertion of the stalks of the leaves, and grows mostly 

 below the surface of the ground. 



It is a good sort for general cultivation, especially as it 

 does not require so deep a soil as either the Common or 

 Guernsey. There is little difference in the flavor or general 

 qualities of the three varieties, 



Hoot fusiform, varying in length from fifteen The Student, 

 to twenty inches, according to soil and culture, IT^KNT. 

 The crown is broad and rounded, hollowed at the insertion 

 of the leaves, and, in well-grown specimens, measures nearly 

 three inches in diameter, Compared with the Common 

 Dutch or Hollow-crowned, the root is more free from 

 fibres, and tapers more suddenly, and with greater regularity, 

 from the crown of the point. The flavor is peculiarly sweet, 



