PARSNIP. 



ground. The best way is to sow it in spring, and in very 

 dean ground ; because the seed lies long in the ground, 

 and, if the ground be foul, the weeds choke the plants at 

 their coming up. A bed of six feet long and four wide, 

 the seeds sowed in drills at eight inches apart, is enough 

 for any family in the world. This would be enough about 

 parsley -, but people want it all the year round. There 

 are some winters that will destroy it completely if it be 

 wholly unprotected, and there are no means of preserv- 

 ing it dry in the manner which has been directed for 

 other herbs. Therefore, if you perceive sharp weather 

 approaching, lay some peas-haulm or straw, not very 

 thickly, over the bed, and do not take it off until after 

 the* thaw has completely taken place. The rotting of 

 vegetables is occasioned by thawing in the light, more 

 than by the frost. When the thaw has completely taken 

 place, the peas-haulm or the straw may be taken away, 

 and, by these means, parsley may be safely kept through 

 any winter that we have in England j for it can be thus 

 kept even in America, where the frost goes down into 

 the ground full four feet. 



168. PARSNIP. As to the season of sowing, sort of 

 land, preparation of ground, distances, and cultivation 

 and tillage, precisely the same as the Carrot. But, as to 

 preservation during winter, and for spring use, the Parsnip 

 stands all frost without injury, and even with benefit. So 

 that, all you want is to put up for winter as many as you 

 are likely to want during a hard frost, and these you may 

 put up in the same manner as directed for carrots and 

 beets. If the parsnips be to stand out in the ground all 

 winter, the greens should not be cut off in the fall. 

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