What to Grow 



Curled Perpetual has very tender, crisp 

 leaves, much crimped and curled. This is the 

 best variety for winter use. 



PARSNIP 



This is another of the vegetables which 

 would be more highly prized if persons would 

 only allow themselves to become familiar 

 with its good qualities. As it is, this vegetable 

 is quite extensively grown and finds a ready 

 sale in the city markets, but many home gar- 

 dens are without it. 



The parsnip does well in almost any soil, if 

 it has been spaded up to the depth of a foot 

 and a half. Unlike most vegetables, it does 

 not develop its finest flavor in a soil of extreme 

 richness. It requires one of moderate richness 

 only, and is best when only of medium size. 

 Plants forced by rich soil to large and rapid 

 growth are lacking in sweetness, and soon 

 become tough and stringy. 



Sow the seed in the open ground as early in 

 the spring as it can be worked well. Sow in 

 rows, and thin out to about four inches apart. 



This plant is improved by our fall frosts. 

 Late in the season — ^just before the ground is 



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