. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. nual. Seeds, and the shrubby kinds by cuttings. Rich soil. TURNIP. Brassica rapa. " The a cheese-cutter,' turnip is a biennial plant, growing in a wild state in some parts of Eng- land, but better known as an inha- bitant of the garden and farm. There are an immense variety: to cultivate all is not so desirable as to plant such as are tlie more valuable. Those which we deem best for family use are the Early Dutch and Red Top, for au- tumn and early winter supply. The Yellow Aberdeen, Golden Maltese, Ruta Baga (or Swedish), are not so much est
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. nual. Seeds, and the shrubby kinds by cuttings. Rich soil. TURNIP. Brassica rapa. " The a cheese-cutter,' turnip is a biennial plant, growing in a wild state in some parts of Eng- land, but better known as an inha- bitant of the garden and farm. There are an immense variety: to cultivate all is not so desirable as to plant such as are tlie more valuable. Those which we deem best for family use are the Early Dutch and Red Top, for au- tumn and early winter supply. The Yellow Aberdeen, Golden Maltese, Ruta Baga (or Swedish), are not so much esteemed in the autumn, but remain firm and solid until late in the spring, (when most other kinds have become pithy,) and are then fine. The Large Globe, and Norfolk Turnip, and the Ruta Baga, are principally cultivated for cattle. *' The main sowings of all the kinds recommended for family use, are made in the vicinity of Philadelphia from about the middle of August to the first of September. If sown earlier they are A Turf or Daisy Rake consists of a ^?^ ^" '*^'l'^^'' '^"'^ ''"^'3' flavoured," and piece of thin plate iron, cut into teeth, 'J sown later do not generally attain with two slips of ash, or other tough '"*'growth. The Ruta Baga, Globe and wood, between which it is firmly rivet- ^°^^o^^ require more time to perfect ed to form a back, and keep it from '''*""^^'''^^! ^""^ therefore about - The Turfing Inm is f(ir raising or peeling off the turves from the soil. It lias an arrow-headed flat blade, with an angular handle, thus :— Fig. 174 ^ bending. When put together, the back is an inch and a quarter thick. The wood is beveled to nothing, half an inch above the interstices of the teeth, at. month earlier. The more rapidly the root is produced the more tender and well flavoured it will be. Those which are intended for the spring supply should be topped very closely, else when the weather becomes mild, the crown will start, a
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