. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . 158 VEGETABLE GARDENING. Turnip.—The turnip is essentially a cold weather plant anddoes best when most of its growth is made during the is grown to some extent in the spring, but there is very littlecall for it until cool w^ Figure 75.—White Strap Leaved Turnip, Culture.—The turnip needs to be grown very rapidly to havethe best quality. The best soil for it is a friable, rich, sandyloam, free from fresh manure; sod land that has been recentlybroken up is excellent for this purpose, but o
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . 158 VEGETABLE GARDENING. Turnip.—The turnip is essentially a cold weather plant anddoes best when most of its growth is made during the is grown to some extent in the spring, but there is very littlecall for it until cool w^ Figure 75.—White Strap Leaved Turnip, Culture.—The turnip needs to be grown very rapidly to havethe best quality. The best soil for it is a friable, rich, sandyloam, free from fresh manure; sod land that has been recentlybroken up is excellent for this purpose, but on old land, i. e.,that which has been cultivated for several years, or where thereis fresh manure, the roots are often wormy. When grown forearly use some quick maturing kinds should be planted as earlyin the spring as the soil can be worked in rows fifteen inchesapart. The seed should be sown rather thickly and the seedlingsthinned out two or three inches apart after all danger from theflea beetle has passed. (This insect is the same as that whichattacks the cabbage.) Turnips grown for late use generallycome in as a second crop after grain, strawberries, early pota-toes, cabbage or other crop that is off the land by the first ofAugust, since after this time a good crop of many varieties oflate turnips will mature befo
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