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TURNIPS 
f I ''HE best known root vegetable for winter storage. 
As such it has been known and grown in the most 
remote times, first reference to it being made by Greek 
writers more than 2,000 years ago. Turnips are mem- 
bers of the cabbage family and, as such, are cool season 
vegetables which thrive in most any soil. 
You may gather young turnips within sixty days from 
date of sowing seeds. Again, you may have to wait 
nearly ninety days, as in the case of the later maturing 
Swedish turnips or rutabagas, but you will also be rewarded 
by their better keeping qualities. Grow more turnips. 
It is easily done and they are of very great food value. 
Their culture offers no difficulties, as fully explained on 
pages 198-203. 
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