TTJENIP8. 



249 



Profits. — These will depend on the locality and 

 the purposes for which Turnips are grown. Where 

 we are located, Ruta Bagas and Yellow Stones are 

 worth, by the quantity, from forty to sixty cents a 

 bushel, and sell readily at these prices. All through 

 the past "Winter, Yellow 

 Stones sold for one dollar 

 and seventy-five cents per 

 barrel, and Ruta Bagas for 

 two dollars. At these rates 

 Tarnips pay handsomely, 

 when grown as a second 

 crop, with a yield of from 

 four to six hundred bush- 

 els to the acre. 



Vaeieties. — Of these 

 there can be foimd a long 

 list on seedsmen's cata- 

 logues, but, like most other 

 kinds of vegetables, only 

 a few kinds are grown by 

 .those who have experience. 

 Among the best is the 



Ameeican Improved 

 Ruta Baga. — This variety 

 is cultivated both for mar- 

 ket and stock, and is the 

 best on the list. 



The flesh is solid, tender, and of delicate flavor 

 when cooked. 



Laing's Improved is a more vigorous grower than 

 tlie foregoing, and, if on strong ground, the roots 



AMERICAN IMPEOTED 

 BUTA BAGA. 



