THE TURNIP. 59 



This variety has some resemblance to the Long White 

 Cow-horn, but is smaller, and the flesh is 



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not so white. vu. 



Bulb of medium size, flattened, smooth, and Petroso- 

 regular ; tap-root slender, issuing from a basin ; 

 skin blackish-purple above and below ground, 

 sometimes changing to yellow about the tap-root of large 

 or overgrown bulbs ; flesh yellow, fine-grained, and ten- 

 der if grown in cool weather, but liable to be fibrous 

 and strong - flavored when grown during the summer 

 months. 



The variety is early, and must be classed as a garden 

 rather than as a field turnip. 



Bulb round, flattened, nearly one-half grow- Purple-top 

 ing above ground ; neck and tap-root small ; RED _ TO P FLAT. 

 skin reddish-purple where exposed to light and 

 air, white below the surface of the soil ; flesh white, close- 

 grained while young, and of a sugary but often bitter 

 taste. During winter, it usually becomes dry and spongy. 

 Average specimens measure two and a half inches in depth, 

 four or five inches in diameter, and weigh from sixteen to 

 twenty ounces. 



This old and well-known variety at one period was the 

 principal field as well as garden turnip of the Northern and 

 Middle States. It is now, however, very little cultivated, 

 being superseded by the Strap-leaved and other more desira- 

 ble sorts. 



Bulb flat, smooth, and regular in form, pro- Purple-top 

 duced almost entirely above ground ; tap-root Strap-leaved, 

 slender ; leaves few, upright, broad, rounded 

 at the ends, and tapering to the neck, which is very small ; 

 skin above, clear, bright purple, below, pure white, often 

 finely clouded or ^shaded at the union of the colors ; flesh 



