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irello\A^ Aberdeen. This is a variety very little cultivated here. 

 It is shaped like the Euta Baga, color yello^y with purple top. Good 

 for table use or feeding stock. 



Robertson's C^olden 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 fall of the 

 year, and always in drills, so that the plants can be thinned out and 

 worked. Tli-is kind ought to be more cultivated. 



Amber G-lobe. This is very similar to the above kind. 



Early Purple Top :TIuaiicIi. A new variety from Germany; 

 flat, with red or purjjle top ; same as the American variety, but fifteen 

 days earlier to mature. It is very hardy, tender, and of fine flavor. 



Extra Early Purple Top. Same 

 color and shape as the Early Purple Top, 

 but earlier. Larger than the Purple Top 

 Munich. The bulbs are smooth and do 

 not get bitter like the foregoing kind, if 

 left in the ground some time. 



Purple Top Ruta Bag:a or 

 Swede. 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. 



Improved Purple Top Ruta 

 B a g" a. Similar to the above ; but 

 ^ Early Purple Top. smoother, with but few flbrous roots. 



Pomerian Globe. 



