106 PIG TORI AL FRAG TIC AL VEGETABLE GROWING. 



that the variety Queen, if grown thickly in very poor soil, makes a 

 splendid pickler. 



Potato or underground Onions are valuable, being productive, 

 mild, and usually free from insect attacks. The bulbs may be 

 planted 9 inches apart in rows 1 foot or more asunder, in deep, rich 

 soil, in February if possible. 



Tree Onions are hardly worth growing when we have so many 

 more useful members of the family with which to utilise our space. 



Chapter 21 — parsnips. 



It would be waste of space to devote a lengthy chapter to Parsnips 

 after what has already been said about soil and manuring, also about 

 Beetroots and Carrots. 



FIG. 60 -RESULTS OF SURFACE MANURING ON PARSNIPS. 



A, manure placed within 6 inches of the surface: soil; ^, manure ; 



e, e, f, plants forked. 

 V), manure placed 9 inches from the surface : ^, soil ; h, m.anure ; k, /, 



roots forked. 



