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Green-top ; others, the Rose-colored, or Red-top. The lat- 

 ter is the larger, more productive, and the better keeper; 

 but the former is the more sugary. It is, however, very 

 difficult to preserve the varieties in a pure state ; much of 

 the seed usually sown containing, in some degree, a mixture 

 of both. 



It is cultivated in all respects as the Long Red Mangel 

 Wurzel, and the yield per acre varies from twenty to thirty 

 tons. 



A variety of the Early Turnip-rooted Blood, "White Tur- 

 J J nip-rooted. 



with green leaves and white flesh ; the size and 

 form of the root, and season of maturity, being nearly the 

 same. Quality tender, sweet, and well flavored ; but, on 

 account of its color, not so marketable as the last named. 



Root sixteen inches long, five inches in diam- ^ 



Dark Crim- 



eter, fusiform, and somewhat angular in conse- son - 



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quence of broad and shallow longitudinal fur- s ^ RK Ri) R t'oE 

 rows or depressions. Crown conical, brownish. w- 

 Skin smooth, slate-black. Flesh deep purplish-red, circled 

 and rayed with yet deeper shades of red, fine-grained, and 

 remarkably sugary. Leaves deep red, shaded with brown- 

 ish-red ; those of the centre, erect ; those of the outside, 

 spreading or horizontal. 



The variety is not early, but of fine quality ; keeps remark- 

 ably well, and is particularly recommended for cultivation 

 for winter and spring use. Much esteemed in England. 



Root produced within the earth, broadest at ^? 110 ^ Cas - 



telnaudary. 



the crown, Avhere its diameter is nearly three Trans, vn. 

 inches, and tapering gradually to a point ; the length being 

 about eight inches. Skin orange-yellow. Flesh clear yellow, 

 with paler zones or rings. Leaves spreading, those on the 



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