ROUND OR FLAT TURNIP 



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It seldom exceeds 3 or 4 in. in its greatest diameter, while its 

 depth or vertical measurement is between 2 and 3 in. Skin 

 uniform yellow on the underground portion of the root and light 

 green on the upper part ; flesh yellow, tender, sugary ; leaves 

 medium-sized, half-erect, and of a light green colour. This is a 

 half-late kind, and keeps well. It is one of the best kitchen-garden 

 varieties. 



Yellow, or Golden, Maltese Turnip. — Root very much 

 flattened at both ends, being about 2 in. deep, and 4 or 5 in. across 

 in its widest part ; skin and flesh pale yellow ; neck green, very 

 distinctly marked ; leaves rather small and slight, divided, and 

 dark green. This is a good half-early variety, but the roots are 

 sometimes rather strong flavoured. It is decidedly the flattest 



variety of all the Yellow-fleshed Turnips, amongst which it holds 

 the same place that the Early White and Red Turnips occupy 

 amongst the White-fleshed kinds. 



Yellow Finland Turnip. — Root perfectly flat and even 

 concave underneath, so that the tap-root which descends into the 

 ground appears to issue from the centre of a kind of depression or 

 cavity ; the upper part, on the contrary, is rather convex or conical 

 in outline. The root is seldom large, being usually not more than 

 3 or 4 in. in diameter across, and 2 in. or less in depth. Skin very 

 smooth, and of a fine golden-yellow colour, as is also the flesh ; 

 leaves very short and compact, not much divided, sometimes quite 

 entire in the forms imported directly from Finland, This is an 

 exceedingly hardy and rather early variety, and very suitable for 

 sowing late in autumn. While the roots are young, the flesh is 



Yellow Dutch Turnip. 



Yellow, or Golden, Maltese Turnip 

 (i natural size). 



