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shape. Turnips and ruta bagas have high economic value 
as foods, both for humanity and for live stock. 
Turnips. — Turnips are grown for market purposes both 
in spring and in fall. In the spring the seed should be sown 
early, in mellow soil. For the fall crop the seed may be 
sown either in July or August. The rows in garden or field 
may be as close as can be conveniently worked. 
Budlong or Breadstone Turnip. 
Ruta Bagas or Swedes.— The seed of ruta baga or 
Swedish turnip should be sown (in the latitude of Philadel- 
phia) in July, a little earlier than the seed of the common 
turnip. The ground should be well enriched with rotted 
manure, the rows 2^2 to 3 feet apart, the seed covered to the 
depth of half an inch, and the plants afterward thinned out 
so as to stand 6 or 8 inches apart in the row. T'.e crop is 
almost always large and satisfactory. 
