TURNIPS, 
9 S 
But Whatever sorts you sow, he says, it is rieces- 
sary to plant turnips for seed under your own inspec-* 
tion ; the proper time is November, and to prefer those 
turnips that are best in shape, clearest on the rind, 
with the fewest wrinkles on the crown, and before 
planting the top should be cropped ; as I have known 
a wild sort come from the seedsmen, that has run in 
the top, and produced very little bottom. 
Turnips are sown here from midsummer to the end 
of July; hoeing is done at 5s. per acre the first time, 
and 2s. 6d. the second, with a gallon per day of beer 
to each workman. Many things have been suggested 
(says Mr. C.) to preserve turnips from the fly, but 
there is no dependance to be placed on any of them ; 
night rolling does not answer the end, the only pre¬ 
caution is to give the land a fine tilt, and fill it with 
manure to push the young plants into the rough leaf, 
at which time they are safe ; but this will not prevent 
the ravages of the fly, if attacked by them before that 
period. To this I shall add, that sowing every day 
immediately after the plough should never be neg¬ 
lected, I scarcely ever knew a piece of turnips much 
injured by the fly, where this practice had been rigidly 
adhered to. 
Mr. C. professes to be in possession of a nostrum, 
or specific, that will effectually answer the end ; and 
will drive the flies out of a field of turnips, if they 
appear ever so numerous, ■will secure the crop, and do 
material service to the young plants in their future, 
growth. This secret I requested him to detail in this 
Report, and trust to the gratitude of his country for 
a suitable recompense, but this he has hitherto de¬ 
clined ; he offered to communicate it to me, if I would 
keep it secret, but this I refused, telling him what¬ 
ever information I received I should communicate. 
He 
