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Planting Parsnips

In the East and North, this root vegetablecan be left in the ground all winter and dugup as needed for cooking. Freezing seems toimprove the texture and gives parsnips asweeter, more delicate taste. In southern andwestern states where winters are mild, parsnipsshould be planted in fall and grown for a wintercrop, because spring planting extends the warmgrowing season too long, making the parsnipswoody and tasteless.

Planting and Culture: Since parsnip is along-season crop, seed should be sown as earlyin spring as possible. Fresh seed should besecured each year. Slow to germinate, the seedshould be soaked overnight before beingplanted out in a rich, deeply spaded, light soil.A generous amount of compost or some other humus should be added to enrich theto provide good aeration and uniformdistribution.

Plant the seed thickly in rows lacti%inches apart. Radish seed should be -atalongside to mark the rows and keep torcrust from hardening before the parmuslings appear. It is wise to mulch theplanting as the soil must remain coolduring the long germination periodseed are in danger of drying out.

As the radishes become of edible size, pick them and weed and thin the parsnip seedlingsd six inches apart. Cultivate cleanly alluntil the foliage touches between the rows.

Harvesting:

Parsnips may be harvested when the ground has little else to offer.nay remain in the ground over winterdug up during a thaw, or they may beed just before the ground freezes hardtn stored in a root cellar for winter use.n the ground until spring, dig as neededto new tops start to grow; then dig allrain and store them in a cold place to sprouting. After the growth of newe2ins, the roots lose flavor and soon become lean and limp as well as tough and stringy

Hollow Crown is the all-time favorite va-White Model and All American are also good. Premium is a variety suitable for shallow

A. good way to prepare parsnips is to par-boil them, slice them, turn them gently in butter'Iden brown, and serve.

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