. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . e consid-erably lessened. If kept in an ordinarycellar, they should be covered with earthor sand to prevent wilting. Ir marketing the parsnip, it is oftencustomary after trimming off all sideshoots, to sell them by the basket without washing. A far bet-ter and more equitable plan is to sell them by weight. In someof the best markets, the roots, after being carefully washedand trimmed, are packed evenly in boxes, sixteen inches squareand eight inches deep, which hold just a bushel. Packed in thisway, they
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . e consid-erably lessened. If kept in an ordinarycellar, they should be covered with earthor sand to prevent wilting. Ir marketing the parsnip, it is oftencustomary after trimming off all sideshoots, to sell them by the basket without washing. A far bet-ter and more equitable plan is to sell them by weight. In someof the best markets, the roots, after being carefully washedand trimmed, are packed evenly in boxes, sixteen inches squareand eight inches deep, which hold just a bushel. Packed in thisway, they present a very neat appearance. The Hollow Crown or Student Parsnip is the best kind togrow for table use. Turnip Rooted Parsnip, which is short and round, is usedto some extent. It is a good form on light soils, but for rich landthe Hollow Crown is to be preferred. PARSLEY. (Carum petroselinum.)Native of Sardinia—Biennial.—The leaves of some varietiesof this plant are used in a fresh state for garnishing and sea-soning, and in the case of a few kinds the fleshy roots are used. In. Fig-ure 85—HollowCrown Parsnip. 174 VEGETABLE aARDENING. habit of growth parsley resembles the parsnip, to which it isclosely related. The leaves, however, are variously cut and di-vided. A few varieties are grown for their fleshy roots. Culture.—Parsley is grown in much the same manner as theparsnip, and, like, it, its seed germinates rather slowly. Theseed is often sown for winter and early spring use in green-houses and hotbeds. The leaves may be used as soon as bigenough. The roots may be taken up in autumn and grown in a greenhouse or ina box in a sunnywindow for awinter demand isquite limited. Itis sold in smallbunches and maybe found in thelarger markets atany season of the Figrure 86.—Fine curled parsley. year. It seldom comes through our winters safely when left exposed outdoorsbut sometimes does so when well protected. The Varieties commonly grown are the Double Curled
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