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sown in the spring. The plant is ordinarily regarded as biennial. 

 The turnip sometimes runs wild as a weed and then loses its 

 fleshy root and is annual. Native to Eur- Asia. It has been 

 cultivated from earliest times. See history by Sturtevant in Amer. 



Fig. 66. Turnip. Fig. 67. Rutabaga. 



Nat., Sept., 1891, pp. 803-806. For discussion of the botany of tur- 

 nips and allies, see Bailey, "Garden and Forest," 1897, pp. 321, 322. 



Goff makes 41 varieties of turnips (6th Rep. N. Y. State Exp. 

 Sta., pp. 168-190), including rutabagas. In 1889, American seed 

 dealers sold 50 varieties classed as turnips, and 31 classed as 

 rutabagas. Goff's classification was based on form and color: 



A. Root distinctly conical, or cylindri- conical. 

 B. White. 

 BB. Yellow. 

 BBB. Grayish, brown or black. 

 AA. Root oval. 



(Color divisions.) 

 AAA. Root spherical or top-shaped. 

 (Color divisions.) 

 AAAA. Root distinctly flattened, 

 (Color divisions.) 



