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RICHARD FROTSCHERS ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
This is selected 
from the foregoing. It is smoother and hand- 
somer in shape; good to plant early in spring. 
When pulled before it is too large it is a very 
salable turnip in the market. 
White Spring. This is similar to the 
White Flat Dutch; not quite so large, but | 
Pomerian Globe. 
rounder in shape. The tops are larger; it is 
early, a good quality, and best adapted for 
spring planting. 
Yellow Aberdeen. 
very littie cultivated here. 
This is a variety 
It is shaped like 
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Early Red or Purple Top (Strap-leaved), 
the Ruta Baga, color yellow with purple top. 
Good for table use or feeding stock. 
Robertson’s Golden Ball, is the 
best of the Yellow Turnips for table use. It 
is very smooth, oval in shape, and of a beau- 
tiful orange color. Leaves are smail. Should 
be sown in the fall of the year, and always in 
drills, so that the plants can be thinned out 
and worked. This kind ought to be more 
cultivated. 
Amber Globe. 
the above kind. 
This is very similar to 
