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also more productive. The full-grown roots are 1 5 in. in length, 

 with a diameter of 6 or 7 in. at the top. The leaves grow out of a 

 groove surrounded by a raised circular ring on the root. The skin 

 is much whiter and smoother than that of the Long Parsnip. 



Half-long Hollow-crown, or Student, Parsnip. — Root hand- 

 some, long, thick, very clean skinned, with a fine neck encircled by 



Long Parsnip. Long Smooth Hollow-crown Parsnip, 



a grooved depression, from the centre of which the leaves issue, the 

 root being swollen all round it. The root is generally only about 

 three or four times as long as broad, and has a smooth white skin,, 

 whereas that of the Common Long Parsnip is wrinkled and 

 furrowed. It is an excellent and very productive variety. The 

 leaves also of the Hollow-crown Parsnip are much smaller and 

 fewer for the size of the root. There is as great a difference 

 between this variety and the Common Long Parsnip as there is 



