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very white. In hardiness, however, it by no means equals 

 the green curled, for tx)wards the latter end of autumn, or the 

 beginning of winter, should the season be wet or frosty, it 

 soon rots, and the expectations of the grower are wholly frus- 

 trated. 



Endive-seed should be sown in an open spot, not too thick, 

 and it should be raked in equally, and as regularly as the 

 nature of the ground will admit. It would be advisable to 

 sow this seed at two different periods during this month, one 

 at the commencement, and the other towards the latter end. 

 In adhering to this plan, a regular supply of good plants may 

 be obtained. 



In regard, however, to the principal autumn and winter 

 crop, the seed should be sown, generally speaking, about the 

 third or fourth week of the month, for that which is sown 

 earlier is very apt to run to seed at the beginning of autumn, 

 and before the plants have attained their full maturity. 



TURNIPS. 



A principal crop of turnips should now be sown, about the 

 middle of this month, for the autumn and winter use, and 

 considerable benefit will be derived in sowing the seed in 

 showery or rainy weather, or if the prospect presents itself 

 of such weather coming on. Particular care must be taken 

 in sowing the seed equally, and immediately afterwards tread 

 it down and rake it evenly. 



The crop which was sown in May should now be hoed, 

 and the plants thinned out in a regular manner. This work 

 should be done when the rough leaves are about an inch broad, 

 and if it be performed at this time, it v;ill greatly accelerate 

 the growtli of the plants, which should be thinned to about 

 nine or ten inches apart. 



TURNIP-FLY. 



This injurious insect has long baffled the ingenuity of both 

 agriculturists and gai'deners to devise the means of its destruc- 

 tion, and it still continues annually to make its ravages on 



