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I am led to believe it capable of producing, and am aware of no 

 cause why it should not thrive as well here as other varieties 1 

 have successfully cultivated. 



The " large lemon colored " attained an important size and is 

 beautiful in appearance, but regret on cutting, to find it watery, 

 and doubt its remaining sound during winter, having never grown 

 it before, I am not aware that this objectionable quality is char- 

 acterestic. 



The "blood red," though not extensively cultivated, I highly 

 prize ; it is capable of attaining a valuable size and have always 

 found it to keep sound during winter. On cutting, the odor is 

 much stronger than either of the preceding, and in the absence of 

 an analysis, am inclined to the opinion that it contains properties 

 more nutritive. It has, however, a propensity to run to seed and 

 should not be sown until at least the last of May. 



Turnips. 



In consequence of the long continued absence of rain, my 

 Rutabaga and yellow Aberdeen turnips, up to the first of October, 

 made slow progress with the loss of many plants, and notwith- 

 standing subsequent rains brought them forward, the roots at the 

 close of the season were only tolerably well grown. 



Regarding the cultivation of turnips for cattle use, I cannot 

 view it with that importance many claim for it. I read with 

 pleasure the interesting accounts from England of the attention 

 paid to this crop and the various fertilisers employed to obtain 

 the greater weight from the acre, the results showing that climate 

 to be better adapted to its production. With us, in order to ap- 

 proach a corresponding growth, the seed should be sown in the 

 month of May and the roots remain in the ground during Octo- 

 ber, when, in an unusually favorable season, large and solid roots 

 may be obtained ; but in ordinary seasons our summers are too 

 severe. The plants become stinted, the roots hard, woody, and 

 not unfrequently entirely destroyed. However valuable in Great 

 Britain where its requirements are better met,, our soil can be 



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