The Cultivation of Vegetables 75 
roots are a fair size, every alternate one may then be 
taken out for present use, leaving the others room to 
mature. The late, stronger- growing varieties, may be 
thinned out to 6 or 8 in. apart, after which the principal 
work will be to keep the ground free from weeds. The 
Early Red Milan can be grown very successfully if sown 
thinly on fairly rich soil, and not thinned out at all. As 
the roots grow they push each other upwards, the tap- 
root lengthening as growth goes on. By this method 
you can economize ground space, as you can keep pulling, 
which gives the others more room to develop. You thus 
get a supply of succulent young turnips for a long season 
from a small space of ground. The Turnip, like most other 
plants, has its insect pests and diseases to retard its growth, 
or even to spoil the entire crop. A full description of 
these will be given later on. 
Varieties — 
Dobbie’s Golden Ball. Orange Jelly. 
Sutton’s Early Six Weeks. Early White Milan 
Snowball Early Red Milan. 
THE CARROT 
Though we use the root of the Carrot as we do that 
of the Turnip, it belongs to a totally different family, for 
plants are classified by the flower or reproductive organs, 
and not by general appearance. 
From the nature of the long taproot which we use, 
it will be clear to everyone that we ought to have a 
deep and well-cultivated soil for our crop of Carrots, and 
a soil which will allow the small taproot to penetrate 
easily during the early stages of its growth. A stiff clayey 
