180 THE SEED-GROWER. 



Yellow Turnip, or Golden Globe, Yellow Summer. 

 Large size, nearly or quite round; russet-yellow skin; 

 white flesh. 



Winter Varieties. California Mammoth White, 

 or Mammoth Russian. Large size, from eight to ten 

 inches long and two to three in diameter; skin white. 



Long Black Spanish. Large, long, thick form, six 

 to eight inches long, one to one and a half in diameter 

 at the top; skin nearly black, flesh white. 



Long White Spanish. Differing from the Black 

 Spanish only in color of skin. 



Round Black Spanish. Large, round form, skin 

 nearly black, flesh white. 



Scarlet China. Large size, stump-root form, four to 

 five inches long, one and a half to two inches in diam- 

 eter at the broadest part; skin scarlet and pink, tipped 

 with white. 



RHUBARB. 



Linnaeus. Exceedingly early, medium-sized, high- 

 flavored, thin skin, tender; possesses very little acidity. 



Tobolsk. Leaves and stalks below medium size, 

 stained red at the base; thin skin, tender; like the pre- 

 ceding, possesses very little acidity. 



Victoria. Later than the preceding varieties; leaves 

 and stalks large; the latter two and a half to three in- 

 ches at their broadest diameter; stained red at the base; 

 rather thick skin ; more acid than the above two 

 varieties. 



SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT. 



Long White. The old French variety. Roots long 

 and tapering, white within and without, measuring 

 when well grown twelve to fourteen inches long, about 

 one inch in diameter at the crown. 



