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THE TURNIP CROP. 



before the frosts set in, as they are soon injured. The 

 favourite varieties are the White Tankard (fig. 1); the 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3. 



Green-top White (fig. 2) ; and the Laurencekirk (fig. 3) ;. 

 and the Long Cambridgeshire Yellow. 



The Norfolk Bell Turnip is a favourite variety of the 

 Tankard. It is grown chiefly in the eastern and midland 

 counties, and possesses the same qualities, being early, 

 productive, and tender, with an increasing development 

 of the lower half of the bulb, whenoe its name. 



Besides the foregoing varieties of the Swedish and the 

 common turnips, we have another class of intermediate or 

 Hybrid turnips, which possesses certain of the qualities of 

 the two parents, and is every year becoming of more value 

 to the farmer. Although a distinct cross between the 



