I sowed a parsnip plant in a pot.   anvd [Please select]

But little can be done in the northern states except to prepare manure, and get sashes, tools, &c., in working order; but in sections of the country where there is little or no frost the hardier kinds of seeds and plants may be sown and planted, such as asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, leek, lettuce, onion, parsnip, peas, spinach, turnip, &c. In any section where these seeds can be sown in open ground, it is an indication that hotbeds may be started for the sowing of such tender vegetables as tomatoes, egg and pepper plants, &c.; though, unless in the extreme southern states, hotbeds should not be started before the beginning or middle of February.   anvd [Please select]

Chicory, parched grain, pease, and burnt parsnip are sometimes added as adulterants to ground coffee.   anvd [Please select]

"When they're little, they're juicy; when they're big, there's more of 'em; but either way there's nothing so delicious as a parsnip."   anvd [Please select]

They found also a mallow--the _Malva involucrata_--whose long tapering root resembles the parsnip both in taste and appearance.   anvd [Please select]

Old Jerry was pure boiler plate; he could squeeze ten per cent interest out of a frozen parsnip.   anvd [Please select]

Buckman has lately proved by his interesting experiments bow quickly the roots of the wild parsnip can be enlarged, as Vilmorin formerly proved in the case of the carrot.   anvd [Please select]

They have not studied Nature very closely, else would they know that every time they pluck up a parsnip, or draw their blade across the leaf of a lettuce, they cause pain and death.   anvd [Please select]