RUTA-BAGA, OR SWEDE TURNIP. 81 



In form and foliage this variety resembles the Green-Top 

 Common Purple-top ; but usually attains a larger 

 size when grown in similar situations. Skin above the sur- 

 face of the soil, green ; below ground, yellow. The flesh 

 is solid, sweet, and well-flavored, but inferior to that of the 

 Purple-top. It keeps well, is of fair quality for the table, 

 and, on account of its great productiveness, one of the best 

 of all varieties for growing for feeding stock. 



Bulb turbinate, smooth, and symmetrical. The Green-Top 



J White, 



skin above ground is of a fine, clear, pea-green ; 



often browned or mellowed where exposed to the direct in- 

 fluence of the sun ; below the surface of the ground it is 

 uniformly white. The flesh is also white, comparatively 

 solid, sweet, and of fair quality for table use. It differs from 

 the Purple-top White, not only in color, but in size and qual- 

 ity ; the bulbs being larger, and the flesh not quite so firm 

 or well flavored. 



The Green-top White is productive ; continues its growth 

 till the season has far advanced ; is little affected by severe 

 weather ; and, when sown in good soil, will yield an agri- 

 cultural crop of twenty-five or thirty tons to an acre. 



This variety differs from most, if not all, of Icing's Im- 

 proved Pur- 

 the varieties of Swedish turnips, in having en- pie-Top. 



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tire cabbage-like leaves, which, by their horizon- Farmer. 

 tal growth, often nearly cover the surface of the ground. In 

 form, hardiness, and quality, it is fully equal to any of the 

 other sorts. Growing late in the autumn, it is not well 

 adapted to a climate where the winter commences early. It 

 has little or no tendency to run to seed in the fall ; and 

 even in the spring, when set out for seed, it is a fortnight 

 later in commencing this function than other varieties of 

 Ruta-bagas. It requires good land, in high condition ; and, 



