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Pear-Shaped Red. Medium early; fruit two inches 

 long by one in diameter; color yellow. 



Pear-Shaped Yellow, or Fig. Differing from the 

 preceding only in color. 



Perfection. Early, medium-sized, round form, 

 slightly depressed at the end; solid, smooth, deep red. 



Ponderosa, or Four Hundred. Late, very large size; 

 flattened, long form, ridged or ribbed; solid, few seeds, 

 purplish-red. 



Red Cherry, or Currant, Grape. Fruit small, averag- 

 ing half an inch in diameter, borne in clusters; bright 

 scarlet. 



Stone, or Red Beauty. Early; large size, round 

 form; solid, smooth, scarlet. . 



Trophy. Medium early; large size, round form; 

 solid, generally smooth, deep red. 



Turner's Hybrid, or 1,600 Dollar, Lorillard, Mikado, 

 Potato-Leaved. Medium early ; thick, broad leaves, 

 like the potato; large, round form; smooth, scarlet, 

 purplish-red. 



TURNIP. 



Turnip Proper Varieties. Cow Horn, or Large 

 Cropper, White Tankard. Late; long form, rounded at 

 the end; average length ten or twelve inches, diameter 

 abont three inches; skin pure white, green at the crown; 

 flesh white. 



Early Flat Dutch. Narrow, strap-leaved; round 

 form, very much flattened, averaging four inches in 

 diameter and two and a half inches in depth; skin 

 white with green at the crown; flesh white. 



Early Snow Ball. Perfectly round form; snowy- 

 white skin and flesh. 



Extra Early Red Milan. The earliest turnip; narrow, 



