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Pear-Shaped Red. Medium early; fruit two inches 
long by one in diameter; color yellow. 
Pear-Shaped Yellow, or Fig. Differing from the 
preceding only in color. 
Perfection. Early, medium-sized, round form, 
slightly depressed at the end; solid, smooth, deep red. 
Ponderosa, or Four Hundred. Late, very large size; 
flattened, long form, ridged or ribbed; solid, few seeds, 
purplish-red. 
Red Cherry, or Currant, Grape. Fruit small, averag- 
ing half an inch in diameter, borne in clusters; bright 
scarlet. 
Stone, or Red Beauty. Early; large size, round 
form; solid, smooth, scarlet. 
Trophy. Medium early; large size, round form; 
solid, generally smooth, deep red. 
Turner’s Hybrid, or 1,600 Dollar, Lorillard, Mikado, 
Potato-Leaved. Medium early ; thick, broad leaves, 
like the potato; large, round form; smooth, scarlet, 
purplish-red. 
TURNIP. 
Turnip Proper Varieties——Cow Hom, or Large 
Cropper, White Tankard. Late; long form, rounded at 
the end; average length ten or twelve inches, diameter 
abont three inches; skin pure white, green at the crown; 
flesh white. 
Early Flat Dutch. Narrow, strap-leaved; round 
form, very much flattened, averaging four inches in 
diameter and two and ‘a half inches in depth; skin 
white with green at the crown; flesh white. 
Early Snow Ball. Perfectly round form; snowy- 
white skin and flesh. 
Extra Early Red Milan. The earliest turnip; narrow, 
