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PARSNIPS 
A VERY desirable fall and winter vegetable, easily 
grown in all soils and sections. Seeds should not 
be sown until the ground is warm, generally about middle 
of May. Cover about half an inch deep and allow eigh- 
teen inches to two feet between the rows. The average 
packet contains sufficient seeds to sow fifty feet of row. 
As soon as the seedlings make the third pair of leaves, 
thin them out to stand four inches apart in the row. 
Frequent and deep cultivation is essential to satisfactory 
development of this crop. 
Both parsnip plant and roots are quite hardy, and it 
requires the whole season (about 130 days) for the roots 
to reach full size. They may be dug m the fall and stored 
in a cellar, like other root crops, or left to remain in the 
garden, protected with straw or boards or both. Frost 
improves the quality of the roots, which remain in good 
condition until late the following spring. Hollow Crown 
or Guernsey (see illustration) is the favorite in all sections. 
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