174 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. [chap. VI. 
They will then seldom want any other cul¬ 
ture till the end of May., when, if the weather 
has been favourable, they will be ready for 
use. A second sowing is generally made 
about the middle of May; and a third, for 
the main crop, towards the end of June. 
Besides the turnips usually sold in seed 
shops, the Teltow, or small yellow German 
turnip, the French long white, and the 
Scotch yellow, are well deserving of cultiva¬ 
tion for their excellence. The common 
turnip, the carrot, and the parsnip, are na¬ 
tives of England. 
Carrots are of two kinds—the long carrots, 
the root of which tapers gradually from the 
crown to the point, and the horn carrots, the 
root of which continues of nearly the same 
thickness for three-fourths of its length, and 
then abruptly diminishes to a very slender 
tap root There are numerous sub-varieties 
of both kinds. The goodness of the carrot 
depending entirely on the ease with which 
the root can penetrate the soil, it is obvious 
that the soil, in which these roots are grown, 
must not be of a very adhesive nature; and 
thus the best carrots are grown in pure sand, 
