The Home Vegetable Garden 
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March 1st to 15th. As soon as the plants are large enough to 
handle, they are transplanted to other flats or into small pots, 
giving them more room. As soon as the roots have filled the small 
pots or the plants have begun to crowd in the flats, they are trans¬ 
planted again. They may be put into 6-inch pots or into the hot¬ 
bed, or, if danger of severe freezing is past, into the cold frame, 
where they will have room for more growth before their final re¬ 
moval to the field the latter part of May. When treated in this 
manner, the plants will often be in bloom at the final transplant¬ 
ing. 
The plants should be set about 4 feet apart each way in the 
field. Care should be observed to check their growth as little as 
possible. Leave as much soil as possible adhering to the roots 
when the plants are being moved. 
The plants are trained sometimes to stakes 4 or 5 feet high. 
In this case, they are usually grown with a single stem (prevented 
from branching) and the plants tied to the stake. This method 
should give somewhat earlier ripening crops, as the fruits are 
better exposed to the sunlight than where the vines are allowed to 
sprawl over the ground, but the yield will not be as great. 
Varieties. —Earliana, Early Jewel, John Baer, Prosperity, I. 
X. L., Bonny Best, Stone. 
TURNIP 
The turnip is grown either for early spring use or for use in 
the late fall and winter. The term ^^turnip’’ includes both the 
common turnip and the rutabaga. The former is grown as an early 
spring crop to be followed by some other crop, or it may be grown 
after early potatoes, peas, or beans, while the rutabaga requires 
the soil for a longer period, the seed being sown in May and the 
crop harvested in the fall. 
The seed for the early crop are sown in March or April in 
rows 15 to 18 inches apart, and covered to a depth of three-fourths 
of an inch. When the plants are well up, they are thinned to stand 
4 to 6 inches apart in the row. 
For the late crop, the seed are sown in July or August follow¬ 
ing the harvesting of some other crop. They may be planted 
broadcast or in rows. When mature, the crop is harvested and 
the tops cut off. The turnips may then be stored in pits or cel¬ 
lars much as potatoes. 
Rutabagas are treated in the same manner as the late crop ex¬ 
cept thev must be planted in May instead of Julv or August. 
Varieties. —Turnips: Purple Top Milan, Red Top White 
Globe, White Egg. Rutabagas: Large White, Burpee’s Bread- 
stone, Golden Neckless. 
