THE TURNIP. 109 



The Teitow Turnip is much esteemed on account of 

 its excellent qualities, and is one of the best early garden 

 varieties. 



According to Loudon, it is in high repute in France, Ger- 

 many, and Holland ; and is grown in the sandy fields around 

 Berlin, and also near Altona, whence it is imported to the 

 London market. It is, or was extensively grown in the 

 neighborhood of Moscow. 



The peculiar flavor is in the outer rind. When used, it 

 should not be peeled. It bears transplanting well ; and may 

 be set in rows one foot apart, and nine inches apart in the 

 rows. 



A recent variety, of English origin, introduced Waite's Hy- 

 by Mr. John G. Waite, a seed-merchant of Lon- 

 don. As figured and described, it is of large size, richly 

 colored, and remarkably smooth and symmetrical. At the 

 crown, it is broad and round-shouldered, and measures about 

 six inches in diameter ; which size is nearly retained to a 

 depth of eight or nine inches, when it contracts in a conical 

 form to a tap-root. The color of the upper portion is clear 

 purple, richly clouded, and contrasts finely with the yellow 

 on the lower part. It is recommended as a turnip of excel- 

 lent quality, and as being very productive, but when culti- 

 vated in this country has generally fallen short of the excel- 

 lence it is represented as attaining in England. It is appar- 

 ently not adapted to the dry and warm summers of the 

 United States. 



Root globular ; skin smooth, perfectly white ; White Globe, 

 flesh also white ; neck and tap-root small. Al- COMMON FIELD 



GLOBE. 



though this description embraces the principal 

 characters of the White Globe, there is considerable variety 

 in the turnips to which this name is applied, arising from the 

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