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above ; flesh pale yellow, sweet, and well-flavored, but not 

 so fine-grained as that of many other 

 varieties. It is a good table turnip, and 

 with the Robertson's Golden Stone, which 

 it greatly resembles, the most valuable 

 for cultivation Where large-sized garden 

 turnips are required. 



Golden-ball Turnip. 



Green Globe. Roots of a fine globular shape, with a small 

 Law ' neck and tap-root ; white below, and green 



above, the surface of the ground ; of medium size, hardy, 

 and firm in texture, but scarcely so much so as the Green 

 Round. It is somewhat larger than the White Norfolk ; 

 grows strongly, and produces extraordinary crops : but it 

 soon becomes spongy, and often decays in autumn, or early 

 in winter. 



Green Nor- A sub-variety of the White Norfolk, of 



" aw ' nearly the same form and size ; the bulb dif- 

 fering principally in the color of the top, which is green. 



The Norfolk turnips are all of a peculiar flatfish form ; 

 rather hollowed towards their neck, as also on their under 

 side. When grown to a large size, they become more or 

 less irregular, or somewhat angular. 



Green-top Similar, in size, form, and quality, to the 



common Purple-top Flat ; skin, above ground, 

 green. 

 Long grown in New England for feeding stock ; and, in 



its young state, often used as a table turnip. Now very 



little cultivated. 



Green-top An old and esteemed variety, similar in 



e?deenT UE. size and form to the Purple-top Yellow Aber- 

 deen. The top of the bulb is bright green. 



