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An old and esteemed variety, similar in size Green-Top 



Yellow Ab- 

 and form to the Purple-top Yellow Aberdeen : erdeen. Law. 



GREEN-TOP YEL- 



the color of the top is bright green. LOW BULLOCK. 



This variety is remarkable for its large, deep Lincolnshire 

 \ Red Globe, 



green, luxuriant foliage. Bulb very large, 



roundish ; skin, below ground, white, above the surface, 

 purple ; flesh white, firm, and, when young, well flavored, 

 and adapted to table use. It yields abundantly ; is uniformly 

 fair, and free from small roots ; an average keeper ; and 

 deserving of cultivation, especially for agricultural purposes. 



Except in the form of its roots, this variety Long Black, 

 much resembles the Round Black. It possesses the same 

 peculiar, piquant, radish-like flavor ; and is served at table 

 in the same manner. 



Roots eight or nine inches in length, an inch Long "White 



Maltese, 

 and a half iri diameter, somewhat fusiform, and LONG WIUTE 



CLAIKFOXTAISK. 



very smooth and symmetrical. The crown rises 

 two or three inches above the surface of the ground, and is 

 of a green color, except where exposed to the sun, when it 

 often becomes purple or reddish-brown. Below the surface 

 of the soil, the skin is of a dull or dirty white. Flesh 

 white, moderately fine, tender, and of a sugary flavor. 

 Half early. 



The variety has some resemblance to the Cow-horn ; but 

 is smaller, and the flesh not so white. 



Bulb of medium size, flattened, compara- Petrosc- 



woodsks. 

 tively smooth and regular ; tap-root slender, 



issuing from a basin ; skin blackish-purple above and below 

 ground, sometimes changing to yellow about the tap-root of 

 large or overgrown bulbs ; flesh yellow, fine-grained, and 



