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Yello\*^ Aberdeen. This is a variety 

 very little cultivated here. It is shaped like 

 the Euta Baga, color yeUow with purple top. 

 Good for table use or feeding stock. 



Robertson's Oolden Ball, is the 

 best of the yellow Turnips for table use. It is 



very smooth, oval in shape, and of a beautiful 

 orange color. Leaves are small. Should be 

 sown in the faU 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 Olobe« This is very 

 similar to the above kind. 



Extra Early Pnrple Top 



Munich. A new kind from Ger- 

 many; flat, with red or purple top; 

 same as the American variety, but 

 fifteen days earlier to mature. It is 

 very hardy, tender, and of fine flavor. 

 Improved Purple Top 

 Rut a Ba§:a. This is grown for 

 feeding stock, and also for table use. 

 It is oblong in shape, yellow flesh, 

 very solid. Should always be sown 

 in rows or ridges. 



Extra Early TFIiite 

 French or l¥hite'Eg^g^ Tur- 

 nip. This is a lately introduced 

 variety; is said to be very early; ten- 

 der and crisp. The shape of it is ob- 

 long, resembling an egg. Having 

 tried it, I found it as represented, 

 quickly growing, tender and sweet. 

 It will never become a favorite market 

 variety, as only flat kinds sell well 

 in this market. It has to be pulled 

 up soon, as it becomes pithy shortly 

 after attaining maturity. 



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Early White Flat Dutch [strap-leaved]. 



Munich Extra Early Purple Top, 



