VEGETABLE Forcine in New York Stare 1287 
PARSLEY 
Most growers set out a small block of parsley in fall in the 
darkest portion of the house. Parsley will do well in such loca- 
tions, and there seems to be a good demand for it on most New 
York markets. 
The plants are grown in the open all summer and in fall the 
roots are brought to the greenhouse, setting them six by six inches 
in the beds. They require very little care, and growers get three 
or four cuttings from a bed during the winter. Parsley sells 
for from eight to fifteen cents a dozen bunches, usually about four 
sprigs to a bunch. 
RADISHES 
Radishes are grown extensively by some growers, especially by 
the Rochester men, in fall. The Scarlet Globe variety is used. 
The seed is sown in drills two or three inches apart, and the seed- 
lings are thinned early to stand two inches apart in the row. The 
great trouble with over 50 per cent. of growers is that they do not 
thin their radishes enough, and as a result the plants produce all 
tops and very small bottoms. 
The radishes are bunched, placing six or eight to a bunch, de- 
pending upon the size of the roots and the market demand. They 
bring from twenty to thirty-five cents a dozen bunches through- 
out the winter months. 
WATER CRESS AND ONIONS 
Two other crops grown in a very small way at Rochester in fall 
are water cress and onions. The seed of water cress is usually 
sown broadcast in September... Some growers transplant the cress 
in three or four weeks, setting it six by six inches. It is claimed 
that transplanting gives better, stockier plants. Cress is marketed 
in bunches about one and a half inches in diameter, and sells for 
thirty to forty cents a dozen bunches. It requires little care, and 
is a very profitable crop, provided a good market is available. 
The Egyptian or perennial onion is used for forcing. After the 
sets have been removed from the onion stalks in the field in early 
fall, the so-called leaves are cut off close to the ground. New 
shoots are sent up, and the old bulb splits, forming perhaps six or 
