FAEM-GARDENING AND SEED-GROWING. 



Large Smooth Red, This is the leading sort about 

 New York. Fruit large, thick, generally smooth, though 

 sometimes irregular; solid flesh, ripens even ; color bright 

 red. 



Cook's Favorite. Fruit medium size, round, and. uni- 

 formly smooth; solid flesh; ripens uneven, that is, the part 

 next the stem is frequently quite green in color when the 

 other part is ripe ; color bright red. 



Trophy. A variety recently introduced ; an improve- 

 ment on the Large Smooth Red. Fruit very large, thick 

 and heavy, very smooth, solid flesh, ripens even ; color red. 



TURNIPS. 



These are seldom found in the market-garden, but ex- 

 tensively grown in farm-gardens and by regular farmers. 

 They usually command fair prices, and when the market 

 is glutted can be fed out to good advantage. They are a 

 first-class article for shipping, and the Ruta-Bagas are 

 often sent to market by boat-loads. The white, flat, early 

 varieties are grown to a considerable extent South, and 

 shipped to Northern markets in bunches or in bulk. 



These may be grown to advantage at the North, for 

 bunching, if sown very early. The yellow, especially the 

 Russia or Ruta-Bagas, are the most salable in winter. 



Soil and Preparation. Turnips will grow in almost 

 any soil which is moderately rich. An essential point is to 

 make them grow quickly, otherwise they are apt to be 

 tough and woody. They do best in light loamy soils, and 

 that which has been manured for a previous crop is pre- 

 ferable to manuring with stable-manure at the time of 

 sowing, as in this case they are liable to be worm-eaten 

 and hence unsalable. Bone-flour is the best fertilizer 

 that can be applied at the time of sowing, at the rate of six 

 hundred pounds to the acre, broadcast, and harrowed in. 



Only the past fall, I had three beds of Ruta-Bagas, one 



