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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1913 



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Turnips in a Jersey Garden 



TURNIPS are among the hardier vegetables, 

 They may be planted the last week in March 

 or the first of April, if the weather is open, with no 

 greater risk than that attending sand storms. In 

 an unprotected garden it is wiser to shield the 

 young plants during a storm of this kind as the 

 young leaves, when just through the ground, are 

 easily cut by it. 



As soon as the garden soil is plowed and harrowed 

 mark off the turnip rows eighteen inches apart. 

 Open a furrow down the rows and sow a good 

 fertilizer therein. One that gave fine results in 

 my garden during the past year was made according 

 to a formula given by the New Jersey Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. The proportions are: 



Nitrate of soda 15 lbs. 



Dried blood 10 " 



Ground bone 20 " 



Acid phosphate 40 " 



Muriate of potash ' : 15 " 



This makes one hundred pounds of fertilizer which 

 is sufficient for five rows fifty feet long. For a 

 small family, one fifth of this amount is enough. 



After covering the fertilizer with soil, to a level 

 with the surrounding surface, sow the seed with a 

 drill which drops it regularly and firms and covers 

 it. As soon as the young turnips are up so that 

 the rows are well defined, cultivate them on either 

 side; do not go too close to the plants. Use a 

 wheel cultivator set with the rake attachment as 

 the object is merely to mellow the soil. In a week 

 or ten days cultivate again, using the double wheel 

 hoes astride the row or the single wheel hoes at the 

 side running close to the plants. When they are 

 large enough to permit one to grasp the foliage they 

 should be thinned — rutabagas and Purple- 

 top Globe turnips six inches apart, and the 

 Early White Milan and flat varieties, four inches 

 apart. If the turnips are allowed to grow to the 

 size of small marbles before thinning, growth is 

 perceptibly checked by the process. Cultivation 

 should continue between the rows until the foliage 

 is so large as to prevent it. 



The Purple-top, White Milan and the Early 

 White Milan, planted the beginning of April, 

 should be ready for use by the last of May. As the 

 weather grows warmer they lose their delicacy, so 

 do not plant more than you can use. Purple or Red- 

 top White Globe turnips, planted the first week 

 in April, are ready for use by the middle of June. 

 They are of fine mild flavor. If left in the ground, 

 they will grow to enormous size, but, although they 

 retain their mild flavor, will develop a pithy centre. 

 When grown as a summer vegetable, these turnips 

 should all be used within a fortnight after the 

 first are pulled. 



For winter use, the Purple-top White Globe is 

 an excellent keeper. Seed should be sown after 

 the middle of July and not later than the end of 

 August. 



Rutabaga turnips planted early in April are 

 ready by the Fourth of July. These varieties may 

 remain in the ground all summer without injury. 



The soil for growing rutabagas must be 

 mellow so that the tuberous roots may expand 

 without mechanical resistance. Last season I 

 grew some rutabaga turnips on hard soil and al- 

 though they were left in the ground all summer 

 grew no larger than a tea-cup. Soil that will cake 

 or bake after rain is very unsuitable, as its capacity 

 for holding water makes it too wet for the cultivator 

 until after the surface soil has hardened. 



Rutabaga turnips for winter use may be planted 

 from the middle of July to the middle of August. 



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All About Pieplant 



PIEPLANT or rhubarb {Rheum Rhaponlicum) 

 grows readily from seeds, from roots, or even 

 from crowns with the eyes left in. The roots may 

 be transplanted in the spring or fall. Seeds planted 

 in spring in good soil and cultivated during the 

 summer make fine plants ready to be moved in the 

 fall or the following spring to their permanent 

 dwelling-places. It is best to plant them three, four 

 or even six feet apart, as they are lusty growers 

 with long, far-reaching roots. Linnasus is the best 

 variety to grow. Give plenty of moisture but never 

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