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COOL SEASON VEGETABLES 



Turnips prefer cool weather, and may be grown as an early 

 spring crop or as a fall crop. The fall planting may be protected 

 from extreme cold weather by a covering of straw or other litter. 

 Two plans of sowing the crop are in use. Drill rows are more com- 

 monly planted with the rutabaga, but any turnip may be drilled 

 in rows. Clean culture is given between the rows. The second 

 plan is to sow the seed broadcast on a well prepared soil. The lat- 

 ter plan is more common with the fall crop. 



The use of turnips in the garden should be increased. Those 



Fig. 67. — Strains of cabbage resistant to yellows, variety Wisconsin Hollander. (Wisconsin 



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not desired for table use may furnish feed for stock, such as hogs 

 and sheep. The turnip roots may be stored in deep pits, in cellars, 

 or may be covered with soil in piles in the garden. They should 

 not be allowed to freeze, and it is best to have them available for 

 use during freezing weather. 



Probably the worst garden enemy of the turnip is the green 

 plant louse. The lice attack the leaves of the fall crop much worse 

 than they do the spring crop, but in some cases are bad at both 

 seasons. As the crop is not expensive the most economical plan is 

 to pull the turnips and feed them to hogs or other stock as soon as 



