. The book of the garden. Gardening. 190 CULINAEY OR KITCHEN GARDEN. yellow stone, the last probably the type from â which the third has been obtained. The yellow Preston, or Liverpool Preston, and the yellow Altringham, are both much grown in the north- west of England. We consider them good, but coarser in growth and delicacy of fibre than those we have described above.) White Dutch.âOne of the oldest in cultiva- tion, and most esteemed for early crops; round and much flattened; leaves medium-sized. While young, it is juicy and of excellent flavour, but apt to become spongy and dry when too
. The book of the garden. Gardening. 190 CULINAEY OR KITCHEN GARDEN. yellow stone, the last probably the type from â which the third has been obtained. The yellow Preston, or Liverpool Preston, and the yellow Altringham, are both much grown in the north- west of England. We consider them good, but coarser in growth and delicacy of fibre than those we have described above.) White Dutch.âOne of the oldest in cultiva- tion, and most esteemed for early crops; round and much flattened; leaves medium-sized. While young, it is juicy and of excellent flavour, but apt to become spongy and dry when too old, particularly in dry seasons. In perfection when from 14 to 24 inches in diameter; after that size it is next to useless. It will not keep either in the ground or in pits through the winter, compared with the following. White stone.âShape of the bulb much more globular than the last, and firmer in texture and rather stronger in fohage. According to the Messrs Lawsons' description in " Vegetable Pro- ducts of Scotland," div. iii. p. 14, " it is not, however, so well adapted for early spring-sow- ing, being more apt to run to seed, and has acquired the name of early from the circum- stance of its arriving soon at maturity when sown at a late period of the season. A care- fully selected and improved variety of this is known in some parts of England by the name of mouse-tail turnip; and, in addition to this, some seed-catalogues present us with the names of red- topped, mouse-tailed, and we think we may add the name of snowball also. It is sometimes also called the white garden stone. Early six-weeks.âBulbs of an irregular globu- lar shape, produced for the most part above the surface of the ground. It arrives soon at per- fectionâhence the name; a go6d-tasted turnip, soft, and not adapted for winter use. We sow it as an intermediate crop during summer, for the supply of young tender turnips. It is known as the autumn stubble, early dwarf, and early ball. St
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