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can, with a hole punched in the bottom, may be used as a 

 malte-shift on a small scale. The rows should be made 

 18 inches to 2 feet apart, and the seed sown about twice 

 as thick as the plants are wanted to stand. The seed 

 should be covered ^ inch to 1 inch deep. When the 

 plants are 4 or 5 inches high, thin out, so as to give them 

 from 4 to 8 inches each. The cultivation needs to be 

 sufficient to keep the ground mellow and the weeds from 

 growing. 



Marketing. 



Turnips that can be marketed in October and November 

 meet with ready sale in local markets, in bunches contain- 

 ing five to eight turnips with "greens." Later, the greens 

 are not wanted, and the turnips are marketed like potatoes. 

 In the winter and spring they are sent to the northern 

 markets bunched, with ice in the barrel. 



Varieties of turnip. 



The field varieties may be used in the kitchen if taken 

 before they mature. After they are full grown they be- 

 come too coarse-grained ; this may be changed somewhat 

 by withholding the nitrogen in the fertilizer. Early 

 White Flat Dutch is an old and standard variety. Scarlet 

 Kashmyr is a good early variety for quick growing. 

 Early White Egg is good for an early crop. Early Milan 

 and Purple Top White Globe are also favorites. 



RUTABAGA 



Rutabaga is also called the Swedish turnip. There are 

 only a few points in which it differs from the turnip. It 



