VARIETIES OF TURNIPS. 353 



nips are well adapted to winter gardening in California, 

 and, if pushed to maturity rapidly, they will be found very 

 tender and delicious. Sowing for succession will give tur- 

 nips fresh from the soil in all their excellence through 

 many months in our warmer valleys. 



Both the flat turnips and the rutabagas or Swedish tur- 

 nips are grown in the same way, and both reach edible size 

 very quickly under favorable conditions. Culture is like 

 that advised for the radish except that they need wider 

 spacing. Rutabagas are better keepers and more service- 

 able for winter storage than flat turnips, though both are 

 mainly used fresh from the ground in this State. 



Rutabagas are sometimes transplanted from a seed bed, 

 as space becomes available here and there in the garden 

 for them. They are handled just as cabbage plants are. 



Kohl-rabi is grown in the same way as common cabbage, 

 both in starting plants and planting out. 



Varieties. The flat turnips chiefly grown are Early 

 White Dutch and Purple Top Milan the latter being pre- 

 ferred by market gardeners. The Purple Top Flat Dutch 

 or Strap Leaf and Purple Top White Globe are also in 

 good favor. 



Rutabagas are so little grown that there is doubt which 

 has the preference of several good kinds listed by our 

 seedsmen ; the Purple Top Yellow or Long Island seem, 

 however, to be most popular. 



Of kohl-rabi the White Vienna is usually grown. 



