LONG TURNIP 



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Long Green Tankard Turnip.—Root half-sunk in the ground, 

 nearly cylindrical in the upper part, and regularly narrowed in the 

 portion underground — which is white, the above-ground part being 

 green — 12 to 14 in. long, and about 3 in. in diameter ; flesh white, 

 tender, and rather juicy; leaves large, half-erect, rather broad, and 

 light green. A very productive variety, the root attaining a consider- 

 able size. Though more grown for feeding cattle than for table use. 



Long White Meaux Turnip Long Green Tankard Long Red Tankard Turnip 

 (I natural size). Turnip (i natural size). (i natural size). 



if pulled while young and tender it is not a bad vegetable. When 

 grown in the fields, it is sown in July, and yields almost as heavy 

 crops as the large late kinds, such as the Norfolk Turnips and others 

 which require to be sown in June. 



Long Red Tankard Turnip. — This variety very nearly 

 resembles the preceding, but the upper part of the root is violet- 

 red instead of green. It is also, on the whole, somewhat shorter 

 and thicker than the Green Tankard variety, and, like it, is more 



