ROOT 
a9 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 may 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. 
