PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—RUTA BAGAS. 19 
RUTA BAGAD, 
RUSSIAN OR SWEDISH 
TURNIPS 
SUMMER IS THE TIME 
TO SOW THEM. 
RUTA BAGAS come next to Mangels in 
importance for stock feeding purposes and can 
be sown much later. They grow very rapid- 
ly and yield from 25 to 35 tons per acre, in 
good rich deep soil, with proper cultivation. 
The Ruta Bagas proper should be sown in 
this latitude from May 25, to June 25. If 
sown at the time mentioned, they should be 
sown in rows, 30 inches apart, and the plants’ 
thinned with a hoe to J2 or 14 inches apart, 
but if sown a month later, they can be grown 
one-third closer both in rows and between the 
plants. Sow 2 or 3 Ibs. per acre. 
Our pamphlet, ‘ROOT CROPS FOR FARM 
STOCK, free to customers asking for tt. It tells 
how to grow, winter and feed roots. 
IMPROVED AMERICAN PURPLE 
—TOP— 
The old popular standard both for stock 
feeding and talle use; hardy, productive, good 
keeper; flesh yellow, solid and of sweet rich flavor; 
one of the principal varieties raised by market 
gardeners, and until we introduced the ‘Long 
Island Improved”, was one of.the best of all 
Swede turnips. 5c. 
per 4 lb. ; 50c. per lb. 
HENDERSON’S GOLDEN HEART. 
Very early and the 
Ruta Baga for garden culture and table use, flesh 
remarkably fine mild 
flavor. The bulb grows clean and smooth and 
has a very small top. 
ordinary varieties. 
time of sowing. 10c. 
$1.00 lb. 
LARGE WHITE FRENCH, SWEET, 
GERMAN OR ROCK. 
A white-fleshed variety of large size and fine 
quality. Superior for either table or stock, flesh 
firm, white and solid; attains a large size and has 
a very rich and sweet flavor; a very popular 
variety. 5c. pkt., 10c, oz. 20c. 4 1b., 55c. Ib. 
per pkt.; 19c. per oz.; 20c. 
finest yellow-fleshed 
grained and ofa sweet, 
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It matures in 56 days from 
pkt., lic. oz., 835c. } 1b 
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Henderson’s Long Island Improved 
Purple Top Ruta Baga. 
Bred from the “American Purple Top,” over which it is a 
great improvement. Itis undoubtedly the finest variety of purple 
top Ruta Baga, and is purely of American origin, having been or- 
iginated by one of our Long Island growers. It is twice the size 
of ordinary American stocks, and although size is usually got 
at the expense of quality, the quality of this variety for domestic 
purposes is stsperior to any w2 have tested. Flesh a rich yellow, 
solid and sweet, the quality very superior. It is perfectly hardy 
and a good keeper. It first came under our notice asa prize win- 
ner, and we feel certain that from its enormous size, solidity and 
good quality, it will prove to be a champion variety for exhibit- 
ion purposes. In a fair test on several Long Island farms, along- 
side some of the best European and American varieties, it pro- 
duced almost twice the weight per acre of any other variety. 
(See Cut) 5c. pkt.; 10c, 02.3 25c. 4 1b.; 65c. Ib. 
“Vou will recetue by express to-day two Long Islanc 
1 Improved Ruta 
Bagas weighing over 12 lbs. each, ratsed from your seed ordinary f 
culture the past dry season; the vartety ts the bestand the quality the ver 
best for table use as well as for stock. ’—A. C. WortH, CRESSKILL, N. J 
We Deliver Free in the U. 
To any Post Office, R. R. Express 
* Office or Freight Station at our option, 
All Vegetable Seeds “srtierrnss | 
