740 THE VEGETABLE ^GARDEN 



grown for cattle-feeding than for table use. The Red Tankard 

 Turnip is much cultivated and highly esteemed all through Central 

 Europe, from Poland to England, but it is only in France that the 

 most regular forms of it, as regards shape and colour, are to be 

 found. The forms grown elsewhere generally have the roots too 

 short and top-shaped, and the upper part more of a pink or lilac 

 hue than really red. 



The Navet-rave de Bresse is only a late long-rooted form of this 

 variety. 



B. ROUND OR FLAT VARIETIES 



Early White Flat Dutch Garden Turnip. Root a broad disc 

 shape, often sinuated and not regularly rounded in outline, 4 or 5 in. 

 in its greatest diameter, and about I J in. in depth ; flesh white, 

 tender, not very sugary, and of good quality ; leaves half-erect, 

 lyrate, and divided at the base as far as the midrib. This is a 



very early variety, and is suitable both 

 for forcing and for late sowing in the 

 open air. Like all the flat varieties 

 which we shall describe, this Turnip 



Early White Flat Dutch Garden White Strap-leaved American Stone Turnip 



Turnip ( natural size). ( natural size). 



merely rests on the surface of the ground, into which it does not 

 sink farther than by sending down a slender perpendicular tap-root, 

 which does not ramify until it reaches a certain depth. 



White Strap-leaved American Stone Turnip. This variety 

 differs chiefly from the Early White Flat Turnip in having shorter 

 leaves with an oblong entire blade, which is toothed on the margin, 

 but not divided or lobed. The root also is slightly thicker and 

 rounder. Along with the preceding and the five following 

 varieties, this is an excellent kind for forcing. As in the present 



