D. 31. FERRY & CO>S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



French Breakfast Early Whi 



Wood's Early Frame. — A sub-variety of the pre- 

 ceding, a little shorter and thicker at the top, brilliant 

 scarlet color, mild, brittle, of fine flavor, and better 

 adapted to forcing. 



Improved Chartier. — Although this new American 

 variety is too strong growing to be profitably used for 

 forcing, it is one of the very best for early sowing out 

 of doors. The roots come to usable size very early and 

 remain hard and crisp until they reach a diameter of 

 one and one-half or two inches, and so furnish good roots 

 two or three times as long as any of the above. Roots 

 scarlet rose above, shading into white at the tip. They 

 are long and cylindrical for the upper two-thirds, and 

 then gradually taper to the tip. Flesh white, crisp and 

 mild flavored. 



Long White Naples. —Skin white, flesh fine 

 grained, crisp, and of very good flavor. 



Long White Vienna. — Earlier than the last, with 

 straight, smooth white roots ; flesh white, very tender, 

 crisp and juicy. 



Large White Summer Turnip, 

 — One of the earliest of the summer 

 varieties, coming to a usable size in 

 forty days from sowing. Root round, 

 smooth, very white and handsome. 



te, Olive Shaped. 



Flesh crisp, tender and 

 rather pungent in flavor. 



White Strasburgh.— 

 Although this grows to 

 the largest size, it is usa- 

 ble when quite small, and 

 thus covers a long season. 

 The mature roots are four 

 to five inches long and 

 about two inches thick, 

 very white, and the flesh 

 is exceedingly crisp and 

 tender; is one of the best 

 of the large summer sorts. 



Early White Giant 

 Stuttgart.— Root large, 



often four inches in diameter, top shaped. Skin white: 

 flesh white and crisp and not becoming strong or pithy 

 until very late, so that those not used as a summer rad- 

 ish can be stored for winter use. 



Golden Globe. — This variety is very popular in the 

 Southern States. It is of quick growth, tender and 

 brittle, of perfect globe shape, and golden colored skin. 

 It seems to produce tender radishes in the hottest cli- 

 mates. 



Gray Summer Turnip.— Round, turnip shaped, 

 though often irregular in form. The skin of the upper 

 part is mottled with greenish- brown, wrinkled and often 

 marked with transverse white lines. Flesh mild, of 

 greenish-white color, and tolerably solid. Half early, 

 and a good variety for summer use. 



WINTER VARIETIES. 



Clltcre.— Sow about the same time as winter tur- 

 nips, on light, rich soil, in drills eighteen inches apart; 

 give frequent cultivation, and thin to two or three' 

 inches apart. For winter use, pull be- 

 fore severe frost, and store in damp sand 

 in cellar. 



Early Long Scarlet, Short Toi 

 Improved. 



Improved Chart 



Long White Vienna. 



