268 BRASSICACEOUS PLANTS. 



an excellent substitute for turnips, especially in dry sea- 

 sons, when a crop of the latter may fail, or become of 

 inferior quality. 



Early "White Dwarf, small, early ; bulb handsome, firm, 

 Vienna. 

 Thomp. glossy, white, or very pale green. The leaves 



are few, small, with slender stems, the bases of which are 

 dilated, and thin where they spring from different parts on 

 the surface of the bulb. The flesh is white, tender, and suc- 

 culent whilst the bulb is young, or till it attains the size of 

 an early white Dutch turnip ; and at or under this size it 

 should be used. 



Set the plants in rows fifteen inches apart, and ten inches 

 from plant to plant in the lines. 



Green. Similar to, if not identical with, the Common 



White. The bulbs are pale green, attain a large size, and 

 the variety is hardy and productive. Not suited to garden 

 culture, but chiefly grown for farm purposes. 



Purple. This variety differs little from the White, ex- 



Thomp. Vil. 



cept in color ; the bulb being purple, and the 

 leaf-stems and nerves also tinged with purple. 



Like the White, it attains a large size, and is only adapted 

 for field culture ; the flesh being too coarse and strong- 

 flavored for table use. 



'White. Bulb large, when full grown, measuring 



Thomp. Vil. 



seven or eight inches in diameter, and weighing 

 from eight to ten pounds ; leaves rather large and numerous ; 

 skin very pale, or whitish-green ; stem about six inches high. 

 Hardy, quite late, and chiefly employed for farm purposes. 



The variety should be cultivated in rows eighteen inches 

 apart, and the plants should stand one foot apart in the rows. 



