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for early feeding, also for sowing at seasons too late to 

 secure a croiD of ruta bagas. It is productive, hardy, 

 and eclipses the "White Stone." 



White Norfolk Globe. — A very desirable variety, 

 rapid in growth, globular in form, large, and an admir- 

 able keeper, recommended especially for stock feeding. 



Amber Globe. — Is an Americanized foreign tur- 

 nip, almost indispensable on every farm. The flesh, 

 when the turnip is growing, has a very slight tinge of 

 yellow, which becomes darker as the root matures ; it is 

 as solid as a ruta baga, and, if topped very closely, so as 

 to effectually arrest sprouting, it may be kept until late 

 in spring as good as when first gathered. The flavor is 

 milder than that of the ruta baga, therefore by some 

 highly esteemed for table purposes. On the whole, this 

 is the best type of the yellow, rough-leaved sorts, and 

 fills every want in that direction. The foliage of this 

 variety is strap-leaved. 



Yellow Aberdeen, or Yellow Scotch.— It is a 

 highly approved cattle turnip, attains a large size, is 

 solid, nutritious, a good keeper, and is, in every respect, 

 reliable. There are several types under distinctive 

 names, without much variation in qualit3\ Full justice 

 to this variety has not been done. Observations and 

 experiments with the Aberdeen, raised from seed pro- 

 duced from American bulbs, clearly shows that it is a 

 variety of highest merit. It is well-adapted to cattle- 

 feeding, and for table use also, late in winter and far 

 into the spring, when the earlier ripening varieties have 

 grown pithy. 



A friend exhibited; at mid-winter, a sample of but- 

 ter made by him, which he assured us was the result of 

 Aberdeen turnips and corn fodder only, no grain or oil 

 food whatever having been fed. The butter was of a 

 deep lemon tint, sweet, well-flavored, and would have 

 commanded, at that time, eighty to ninety cents per 



