180 THE SEED-GROWER. 
Yellow Turnip, or Golden Globe, Yellow Summer. 
Large size, nearly or quite round; russet-yellow skin; 
white flesh. 
Winter Varieties.—California Mammoth White, 
or Mammoth Russian. Large size, from eight to ten 
inches long and two to three in diameter; skin white. 
Long Black Spanish. Large, long, thick form, six 
to eight inches long, one to one and a half in diameter 
at the top; skin nearly black, flesh white. 
Long White Spanish. Differing from the Black 
Spanish only in color of skin. 
Round Black Spanish. Large, round form, skin 
nearly black, fiesh white. 
Scarlet China. Large size, stump-root form, four to 
five inches long, one and a half to two inches in diam- 
eter at the broadest part; skin scarlet and pink, tipped 
‘with white. 
RHUBARB. 
Linnaeus.—Exceedingly early, medium-sized, high- 
flavored, thin skin, tender; possesses very little acidity. 
Tobolsk. Leaves and stalks below medium size, 
stained red at the base; thin skin, tender; like the pre- 
ceding, possesses very little acidity. 
Victoria. Later than the preceding varieties; leaves 
and stalks large; the latter two and a half to three in- 
ches at their broadest diameter; stained red at the base; 
rather thick skin; more acid than the above two 
varieties. 
SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT. 
Long White.—The old French variety. Roots long 
and tapering, white within and without, measuring 
when well grown twelve to fourteen inches long, about 
one inch in diameter at the crown. 
