TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE (SWEDISH TURNIP) 167 



weather, but are not affected by frost, one of their chief merits 

 being their extreme hardiness. They are best sown, where the 

 crop is to be grown, in May and June, and the plants are 

 thinned out so as to leave a space of 14 to 16 in. from 

 plant to plant in every direction, after which no other attention 

 is necessary, except the occasional use of the hoe, and watering 

 when needed. 



Uses. — The roots are eaten boiled, and have almost the same 

 flavour as the Kohl-Rabi. They are in the best condition for table 

 use if lifted before they have reached their full growth. The 

 Swedish or Turnip-rooted Cabbage is an excellent vegetable, 

 deserving to be more used than it is. 



White Swedish Turnip, or White Swede.— Root short and 

 broad, somewhat top-shaped, and often irregular in form ; skin 

 white, sometimes slightly 

 tinged with green around the 

 neck ; leaves 14 to 20 in. long, 

 cut at the edges, and resem- 

 bling those of the Kohl-Rabi. 

 Flesh of the root white. 



Budlon^s White Improved 

 Turnip, or Swede, an American 

 variety of this, only differs 

 from it in being rather rounder, 

 perhaps, in shape. 



The Bredstone Swede, 

 another American variety, is 

 a regularly shaped root, more 

 tapering than the White 

 Swede, and appears to come 

 midway between that and the 

 White Smooth Short - leaf 

 -Swede, described farther on. 

 The flesh is white, delicate 

 in flavour, and of excellent 

 quality. 



White Purple-top 

 Swedish Turnip. — A sub- 

 variety of the VVhite Swede, 

 froi^ which it differs only in the red or purple tinge of the neck 

 of the root ; the leaf-stalks and the veins of the leaves also are 

 •often of the same colour. Flesh of the root white. 



White Smooth Short-leaf Swedish Turnip.— A very distinct 

 variety, with a flat root, broader than long, more clean-skinned and 

 generally more regular in shape than the two preceding kinds. 

 The leaves are shorter, more entire, and of a somewhat deeper 



White Swedish Turnip. 



