OQ ROOT 



CROPS 



to about 300 feet of drilled row, if the seed is 

 fresh. A good crop of carrots is from 200 to 

 300 bushels per acre. 



The best varieties are the Early Forcing, 

 which itiay be grown in hot-beds, cold-frames, 

 open garden in the spring, and also in the fall 

 for home use ; the half -long Danvers for a good, 

 reliable mid-season crop and the Long Scarlet 

 for a good late crop. 



These root crops are among the prettiest 

 " fancy goods" — where they can be sold directly 

 to well-to-do people they bring fancy prices. 



TURNIPS. 



The turnip is such an easy crop to grow that 

 the gardener would have a snap with it if it 

 were not for the snap that the root maggot 

 has. It is a hardy, quick-growing crop, re- 

 quiring a cool, short season and a moist soil. 

 The turnip is so hardy that the herbage can 

 bear considerable cold without real injury, so 

 that when grown for winter use it is left 

 standing in the field until the black frosts; 

 but the roots will not stand such hard freezing 

 as parsnips or salsify. 



Turnips should be planted in moist, rich soil 

 to insure quick sprouting, because their chief 

 value as food is the result of rapid growth. 



