62 ESCULENT ROOTS. 



measure four inches in diameter, four and a half in depth, 

 and weigh from sixteen to twenty ounces. The neck is 

 small, and the skin white. The flesh of the young bulbs is 

 white, fine-grained, tender, and sugary ; but if overgrown, 

 or long kept, it is liable to become dry and spongy. 



The variety is early, and, though classed by seedsmen as 

 a garden turnip, is well adapted for field-culture, as it 

 not only yields abundantly, but succeeds well when sown 

 late in the season. 



Stone Globe. Bulb globular, and regularly formed, grow- 

 ing mostly beneath the surface of the ground. 

 It belongs to the White-Globe varieties, and is considered 

 the hardiest and the best suited for winter use of any of its 

 class. 



Skin and flesh white ; texture moderately close ; flavor 

 sweet, and its keeping properties good. 



Waite's Hy- A recent variety, of English origin, intro- 

 brid Eclipse. duced Mr John G Waite a geed . mer . 



chant of London. As figured and described, it is of large 

 size, richly colored, and remarkably smooth and regular. 



It is recommended as a turnip of good quality, and as 

 being very productive, but, when cultivated in this country, 

 has generally fallen short of the excellence it is represented 

 as attaining in England. It is apparently not adapted to 

 the dry and warm summers of the United States. 



White Globe. 'Root globular ; skin smooth, perfectly 

 Law ' white ; flesh also white ; neck and tap-root 



small ; diameter from four to six inches. 



This variety is better adapted to field-culture than to the 

 garden, as it is altogether too coarse in texture for table 

 use. It is a poor keeper, and, in unfavorable seasons, 

 sometimes decays before the time of harvesting. Specimens 

 have been grown weighing fifteen and even eighteen pounds. 



