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rariety, of a deep yellow, close-grained, hard, and good for 
keeping. Its root grown entirely in the ground. 
15. Dales Hybrid. — This Tariety, which was obtained by 
intermixture with the Swedish turnip, has rather large, oblong 
loots, of a yellow color, and of an irregular shape. It is prin- 
cipally used for feeding stock. 
18. Ruta-Bzga. — The variety of the turnip forms a dis- 
tinct class, which, perhaps, more properly belongs to the cab- 
bage tribe. It is very bard, close-grained, hardy, and wiM 
keep well during winter and spring. 
Cultivation. — For an early crop of turnips, sow as soon as 
(he frost is out of the grounqLtatbcr broadcast or in drills, ten 
inches apart, and a fourth oftra Inch deep. Rake the surface 
of the ground even after sowing, and if the weather bo dry, 
gently beat it down with the back of a spade. For fall 
crops, sow from the middle to the end of July. 
The soil most congenial for the turnip is a gravelly, sandy 
loam, or a soil that is rich, with a dry bottom. Unless the 
ground be " folded" or burnt over, it should be reduced to a 
finely-pulverized state. If possible, the young plants should 
be forced into a rough leaf, in order to secure them from the 
attack of flies. This may be done by soaking tho seed for 
thirty -six hours in a solution of one pound of Peruvian guano 
and ten gallons of water; or a gallon of water infused with a 
quarter of an ounce of chloride of lime. The ground should 
be kept clean and free from weeds, both before and after the 
seed is sown ; and the oftcner tho ground is stirred in dry 
^weather, the better will it bo for the crop. 
9 The ruta-baga should be sown from tho twentieth of Jane 
to the fir>t of July, in drills, two feet apart, and when hood, 
thinned out to ten inches from plant to plant Tho ground 
should be rich and dry. 
SWEET HERBS. 
7 Saox, Summer Sarory, Sweet Basil, Thyme, Isvroodo), 
Lsmoo Balm, <fcc., in. 
