264 TURNIP. 



in size, productive , also used for pickling. There is likewise a 

 yellow variety. 



Steawbeeet. — This is a different species, having a peculiar 

 flavor, thought by some to resemble that of the Strawberry. 

 Used for preserves, with the addition of lexnsn-JTiicg, or £±ew:ed 

 and served like Cranberries. 



rUENIP. 



To nearly every Canadian tiller of the soil this is a well- 

 known vegetable as a field crop, and its cultivation well under- 

 stood. Of the cultivation of the Turnip as a garden vegetable it 

 is only necessary to say, that for the production of early Turnips, 

 where that is desired for market or table purposes, it is highly 

 important to select a light soU, sandy or gravelly, and enrich it 

 abundantly with manure. In all other respects the cultivation 

 will be the same, only on a smaller scale, perhaps, than the 

 ordinary farm crop. We have thought that the late Turnips 

 were better and sweeter than those usually brought to the table 

 during the heat and drought of midsummer. The seed should 

 be sown in drills about eighteen inches apart, and the plants 

 afterwards thinned out to about siK inches apart in the row. 

 The seed will retain its vitality for a number of years, arid can be 

 safely relied upon even when four years old. 



For winter use it -is necessary to put the Turnips into pits, 

 and cover with straw and earth sufficiently to exclude the frost, 

 taking care not to put too many in one heap, as they will not 

 keep so well in large bulk as in bodies of only three or four 

 barrels in one heap. Where the soil is perfectly dry, even in wet 

 seasons, or can be made so by drains, trenches may be dug in 

 the ground to such a depth as can conveniently be done without 

 admitting water into the trench, and about three feet wide, and 

 the Turnips placed in these trenches, and covered with straw and 

 earth. Where a trench cannot be dug without danger of water, 

 they may be packed in ridges on the surface, and covered, only 



