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A KITCHEN GARDEN 
for when they begin to sprout and grow, they very 
soon become woody and unfit to eat. A row should 
be sown in the garden at the 
same time as the onions, beets, 
etc., are planted. It is best to 
sow the seed quite thickly; by 
thickly I mean one seed every 
inch or so; when the young 
plants are about three inches 
high they should be thinned 
out to six inches apart in the 
row, care being taken to leave 
only one plant in a place, as, if 
two are left, they will spoil the 
symmetrical shape of the roots 
by growing against each other. 
In planting the seed I always 
try to run it in between two 
rows of beets, onions, lettuce, or 
other early crop, thus working 
it with the wheel hoe while 
small, and when the other crops have been taken off 
there is room to work it with the cultivator, which 
is run as close to the rows and as deeply as possible, 
so that the roots may attain the largest size. In 
digging the roots when the ground is frozen hard 
and is impenetrable to the spade, I use a long iron 
post digger with a steel blade. 
IMPROVED GUERNSEY 
PARSNIP. 
