42 GARDENING FoR ALL. 
Lime is beneficial to the parsnip. Leave the roots in 
the ground as Jong as possible, and lift them as required for 
consumption, but a few should be lifted and stored on the 
approach of severe weather. 
Extra fine roots may be obtained by sowing the seed 
upon ground that has been dug two spits deep; also by 
making deep holes with a crowbar and filling up with fine 
and good soil, and thereon sowing several seeds, the seedlings 
to be reduced to one at the proper time. Some enthusiasts 
go to the length of using small drain pipes in which to grow 
their parsnips. 
