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it of great importance and gives it a pre-eminence ovei every other 
kind. The best time for sowing is from the twentietl of June to 
the twentieth of July, according to the season. The gpund should 
be well prepared and manure scattered pretty thickly ofer it, which 
done, it should be laid off in ridges about three feet apirt, two fur- 
rows together with the plough, and the seed sown on tie top. By 
this method you have a double portion of the manure 3r each row 
of turnips and a better opportunity of attending to thiir after cul- 
ture. When they are of sufficient growth thin them to he distance 
of twelve inches apart in the row; they will continue ;rowing and 
increasing in size till late in autumn, when, if not ased before, 
they may be taken up and preserved through the winter, in like 
manner as other turnips, (or permitted to remain in the ground) 
than which they are more hardy, will keep better, and be as fresh 
in May as at Christmas. 
The flesh of the root is yellow, sweet, and firm, being nearly 
twice as heavy as a common turnip of the same size; when dressed 
for the table it is by most people preferred to the garden turnip, 
and as well as the tops is peculiarly grateful to most sorts of 
cattle. 
Lettuces. 
Thin and transplant such lettuces as were sown last month, 
water them immediately after, and repeat it as often as necessary 
till the plants are well rooted. 
Sow more lettuce seed in the beginning, middle, and particularly 
in the last week of the month, in order to have a regular and con- 
stant supply for the table. The white Silesia, brown Dutch, India, 
imperial, grand admiral, and Saxony cabbage lettuce, are all very 
good kinds to sow at this time. 
Spinage. 
In the last week of this month a good crop of spinage may be 
sown for autumn use; it will not then be so subject to run to seed 
as in the former months. The round seeded kind is always pre- 
ferable for summer and autumn service. 
Radishes. 
Radishes of every kind may be sown in the last week of this 
month with a good prospect of success; but particularly the white 
and black Spanish, or winter sorts, of which you ought to sow a 
full crop for autumn use. 
Sow, likewise, some of the short-top, salmon, and turnip-rooted 
radishes; should the season prove any way moist, they will succeed 
tolerably well. Let all these kinds be now sown on moist loamy 
ground. 
