LONG TURNIP 



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and dull white, both on the underground portion and on the neck ; 

 leaves small, dark green, numerous, deeply cut, and forming a 

 rather thick tuft. This variety grows very well in light, moist, 



deep soil, and is extensively cultivated in 

 the fields about Paris for market supply. 



White Carrot-shaped Turnip. Half-long White Vertus, or Jersey, Turnip. 



Half-long White Vertus, or Jersey Navet, Turnip. Root 

 white, nearly cylindrical, but swollen at the lower end, which is 

 obtuse or rounded, 5 or 6 in. long, and about 2 in. broad in the 

 thickest part ; flesh white, very tender, and sugary ; leaves 

 numerous and short, divided to the midrib in rounded lobes, and 

 dark shining green. This is pre-eminently the kitchen-garden 

 variety of Turnip, and is 

 the kind which is most 

 generally grown by the 

 market-gardeners of Paris, 

 so that it is rare to find 

 the Central Market without 

 it at any season. In the 

 open ground the root is 

 formed in two months or 

 two months and a half, 

 and the variety is also 

 one of the best for forcing. 

 Like Radishes, the roots 

 become hollow at the 

 centre, if allowed to grow 

 too large, and they are 

 generally gathered for use when about two-thirds grown. 



Half-long Red-top Vertus Turnip. In cultivation and pro- 

 ductiveness exactly the counterpart of the Jersey Turnip. It 



Half-long Red-top Vertus Turnip. 



