76 ESCULENT ROOTS. 



shows the purple very finely. The footstalks of the leaves 

 have a much deeper tinge of purple than those of the other 

 kinds. 



Long Black A sub-variety of the Black Spanish. Root 

 Winter. 



long arid tapering. With the exception of its 



smaller size, much resembling a Long Orange Carrot. 



Long-leaved Root fusiform, sometimes inversely turbinate, 



White Chi- 

 nese. Vil. about five inches in length, and an inch in diam- 

 eter ; skin white, and of fine texture ; flesh fine-grained, 

 crisp, and though somewhat pungent, yet. milder flavored than 

 that of the Black Spanish ; leaves large, differing from most 

 other varieties in not being lobed, or in being nearly entire 

 on the borders. Its season is nearly the same as that of the 

 Rose-colored Chinese. The plants produce but few seeds. 



Purple Chi- A sub-variety of the Scarlet, with little varia- 

 nese. 



tion except in color ; the size, quality, and man- 

 ner of growth, being nearly the same. 



Ch?nese! r /U Bulb rather elongated, 'some what cylindrical, 

 i?Es A if WI T NT"B~ contracted abruptly to a long, slender tap-root ; 

 size full medium ; average specimens measuring about five 

 inches in length, and two inches in diameter at the broadest 

 part ; skin comparatively fine, and of a bright rose-color ; 

 flesh firm, and rather piquant ; leaves large, the leaf-stems 

 washed with rose-red. Season between that of the Gray 

 Summer and that of the Black Spanish. 



Winter Root somewhat fusiform, retaining its diameter 



White Span- 

 ish. f or two thirds the length, sharply conical at the 



AUTUMN WHITE. 



B BOUKO? A rT" base, and, when well grown, measuring seven or 

 eight inches in length by nearly three inches in its fullest 



