GROWING PRIZE PARSNIPS. 107 



The secret of growing fine Parsnips is to deepen and pulverise the 

 soil, and sweeten it with lime. He w^ho does this, sows seed thinly 

 in March in rows 15 to 18 inches asunder, and thins his plants, gets 

 a crop, and generally a good one. 



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FIG. 61.-H0W TO GROW PRIZE PARSNIPS. 



E, V, fine surface soil ; iv, lower soil ; rr, hole made 30 inches deep ; 



shallow hole made with a dibbler. 



F, 2, prize root in deejD hole ; a, good ordinary root in shallow hole. 



That manure is wasteful is proved by the fact that the finest of 

 roots are produced in specially made holes filled with nothing except 

 sandy loam. 



The^ best all round variety is Hollow Crown ; the best for 

 exhibition, The Student ; the best for flavour. Tender and True. 



