. THE TURNIP. 187 
flavor may thus be procured’inithe months of January and 
February. The best sort for this late. sowing is the Dutch 
yellow, which (as already hinted): resists the cold and 
inclement weather better.than the white. . For this winter 
crop a liberal application of stimulating manure, such as 
rape-cake and pigcon dung; was recommended by the late 
excellent Mr. Stuart of Pinkie garden; he sowed in drills 
a foot asunder, and thinned out the plants to six inches 
apart in the drills: a sheltered border was preferred, but 
no other artificial Pie was given; and his success 
was complete. . ‘ 
' The young plants, while in the seed leaf, are often de- 
ree by a small beetle called the turnip-fly (Haltica ne- 
morum). Many remedies have been proposed : it has been 
found beneficial.to dust the rows with quick-lime; but per- 
haps the best precaution is to sow thick, and thus ensure a 
sufficient supply both for the insect and the crop. The 
insect soon ceases to feed and disappears. 
‘In the United States the Turnip, though a highly ain 
able product of the soil, is by no means so important a crop 
as it isin England. The varieties which have been found 
best adapted to the soil and climate of the Middle States, 
are the Early White Dutch or White Strap-leaved, of 
which there are the round and flat kinds; the Karly Red- 
top Dutch, or Strap-leaved Red-top, resembling the pre- 
ceding in form, but having the portion of the root which 
grows above ground of a red or purple color; the Early 
Yellow Dutch. For spring use, the Swedish Turnip, or 
Ruta Baga, should be sown from the middle to the end 
of July. 
It is computed that an ounce of seed will suffice for a 
bed four feet wide by forty long. For an early crop, sow 
as soon as the frost is out of the ground, in drills or broad- 
