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Root Crops 



spring or autumn crop. The herbage is very hardy, with- 

 standing considerable frost without injury. They are grown 

 somewhat for stock feed, but not so largely as the ruta- 

 baga ; only the vege- 

 table-garden use of 

 them is intended in 

 this writing. 



87. Pods of rat-tailed radish. Var. caudatus 

 (X 1/3). 



Se. L e a ( ot 

 simpie-leaved 

 o r non-pin- 

 n a t e radlsli 

 (X %). 



For early use, 

 turnips are sown as 

 soon as the land 

 can be prepared in 

 spring. They should give roots large enough for the table 

 in six to ten weeks. For the fall crop, seeds may be sown 

 in the Northern States as late as the last week in July, 

 and in the Central States as late as the middle of August. 

 The plants will grow until heavy freezing weather, at 

 which time they may be pulled and stored as are other 

 roots. The roots will not stand hard freezing. 



