Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation

ent of the mischief resulting therefrom had been stated upon the authority of exact experiment. In order, therefore, to arrive at d

Degenerate Parsnip. T

ock and one of a Skirving's swede. Before committing these to the ground for the growth of seed, we made careful

r Degenerate Swede. Tw

have selected the best-shaped roots for our purpose; but in this c

private garden (where, it is right to say, they were the only seeding specime

e sown in our experimental plots, wit

ed from the malform

arsnip of the same y

f malform

t no plot of good swede seed was sown with the same object, and we m

are the tabu

ESULTS OF

.

p from seed of the malformed pars

the crop from seed of goo

es from seed of malforme

he field, at a distance

en compared with plot b, which latter, indeed, was only small in weight, which may be accounted for from being grown without manure. During their pro

apeless, and fingered-and-toed in endless variety. Their spindle-shaped roots were quite remarkable, and they were the rule, although in good seed, however bad the soil, they would have been the exception. Those in the field hard by were bulboid, and averaged half a pound ea

as a rule, result from the employme

d seed does not produce nearly the weight of crop o

duce roots that are well-shaped, and have

erate roots for seeding, we may produce a seed th

"few will be disposed to deny. They have most interesting bearings on the subj

be a change of situation, and, if possible, a time of storage before being planted for seed. These are all cultivati

breeding,-so every care must be taken for its maintenance. Defect in seed results in defect in the produce of that seed; and downward tendencies