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Root Crops 



Aveeks' longer time in which to mature. It is not raised as 

 a spring vegetable. 



Eutabaga differs from the turnip in having a denser and 

 mostly yelloT^^-fleshed root, which is rounded or elongated 

 and not distinctly flat, the leaves glaucous-blue and not 

 hairy, the crown long and leafy, 

 the roots arising from the under 

 side of the tuber as well as from 



Characteristic form of flat 



turnip (X li). Rutabaga (X 1/5). 



96. Forms of turnip and rutabaga. 



the taproot. Compare the roots in Tig. 90. It is a richer 

 vegetal)le than the turnip. It is grown either as a spring 

 or autumn crop. As in the case of the turnip, the product 

 grown for stock is raised from summer-sown seeds. For 

 the main crop, the seeds are usually sown as early as the 

 first of July or the middle part of June in the Xorthern 

 States. 



