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5. RaPA fativa rotunda, t a dice 

 Jtris & intus fiavefcente. C. B. P. 

 Round Garden-turnep. with a yel- 

 lovvRoot both within and without. 



6. RaPa radice oblonga, feu fcemi- 

 na. C. <B. P. Oblong, or female 

 Turnep. 



There are feme other Varieties of 

 this Plant, which differ in the Shape 

 or Colour of their Roots ; but as 

 they are only feminal Variations, it 

 would be needleis to enumerate them 

 in this Place, fmce it is the Grit and 

 third Sorts here mention'd, which 

 are chiefly cultivated for the Table 

 in England. The yellow Sort, and 

 that with long R.oots, were formerly 

 more cultivated than at prefent ; for 

 it is now very rare to fee either of 

 thele brought to theMarkets, though 

 fome Years fince they were fold in 

 as great Plenty as the common round 

 Sort. 



Turneps delight in a light fandy 

 Soil, which mult not be rich ; for in 

 a rich Soil they grow rank, and are 

 Ricky ; but if it be moift, they will 

 thrive the better, efpecialiy in a 

 frefh Land, where they are always 

 fweeter than upon an old worn-out, 

 or a rich Soil. 



The common Seafon for fowing 

 of Turneps is r«ny time from the Be- 

 ginning of June to the Middle of 

 Augujf, or a little later ; tho' it is 

 not advifeable to fow them much af- 

 ter, becaufe, if the Autumn mould 

 not prove very mild, they will not 

 have time to apple before Winter. 

 But, notwithftanding this is the gene- 

 ral Seafon in which the greateft Part 

 of Turneps are fown in the Coun- 

 try, yet aboit London they are fewn 

 fucceffively from March to Augujl, 

 by thofe who propagate them to 

 fupply the Markets with their Roots; 

 but there is a great Hazard of lofing 

 thofe which are fown early in the 

 Year, if the Seafon ihould prove drv, 



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by the Fly, which will devour whole 

 Fields of this Plant while young ; fo 

 that where a fmall Quantity for the 

 Supply of a Family is wanted, it will 

 hi abfolutely necefTary to watev- 

 them in dry Weather : and where a 

 Perfon fows thofe Seeds in April and 

 May, it Ihould always be upon a 

 moilt Soil, othcrwife they feldom 

 come to good, the Heat of the Wea- 

 ther at that Seafon being too great 

 for them upon a dry Sod : but thofe 

 which are fown toward the Middle 

 or Latter-end of June, commonly 

 receive fome refrelhing Showers to 

 bring them forward ; without which, 

 it is very common to have them all 

 deftroy'd. 



Thefe Seeds mould always be 

 fown upon an open Spot of Ground ; 

 for if they are near Hedges, Walls* 

 Buddings, cr Trees, they will draw 

 up, and be very long-topp'd ; but 

 their Roots will not grow to any 

 Size. 



They are fown in great Plenty in 

 the Fields near London ; not only 

 for the Ufe of the Kitchen, bur 

 for Food for Cattle in Winter, 

 when other Food fails ; and this 

 Way is become a great Improvement 

 to barren fandy Lands, particularly 

 in Norfolk, where, by the Culture of 

 Turneps, many Perfons have doubled 

 the yearly Value of their Ground. 



The Land upon which this Seed 

 is fown, fhould be plow'd in Ami, 

 twy fallow 'd in May, and made very- 

 fine ; then the Seed fhould be fown 

 pretty thin (for it being fmall, a lit- 

 tle will fow a large Piece of Ground: 

 two Pounds of this Seed is fufficient 

 for an Acre of Land ; but one Pound 

 is the common Allowance). The 

 Seed mull be harrow'd in, and the 

 Ground roll'd with a wooden 

 Roll, to break the Clod% and make 

 the Surface even. In a Week or 

 ten Davs after fowinp-, the Pianrs 



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