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D. M. UUiUY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Large White Summer Turnip. 



California Mammoth White China, Winter.— 

 First introduced into this country by the Chinese in 



shaped, or sometimes fusi 

 for two-thirds their 

 length, sharply conical at 

 the base, and when full 

 grown, measuring seven 

 or eight inches in length 

 by about three inches in 

 diameter. Skin white, 

 slightly wrinkled, some- 

 times tinged with purple 

 where exposed to the sun. 

 Flesh white, solid and 

 pungent, though milder 

 than the Black Spanish. 



Scarlet China, Win- 

 ter. — Form cylindrical, 

 or largest at the bottom, 

 tapering abruptly to a 

 small tap root. Skin very 

 smooth and of a bright 

 rose color; flesh firm like 

 the Black Spanish, but 

 more pungent. 



Round Black Span- 

 ish, Winter.— Roots 

 roundish, sometimes top 

 shaped, three or four in- 

 ches in diameter ; skin 

 black, flesh white, very 

 compact and highly fla- 

 vored. An excellent sort 

 for winter as the roots 

 keep a long time. 



Long Gray Laon, 

 Winter.— Roots long, 

 tapering regularly to 

 the point ; skin gray; 

 flesh white. Larger 

 and more attractive 



form, retaining their diameter 



White Strasburgh 



California. It is pure white, 

 about one foot long, and two or 

 three inches through, tapering 

 regularly to the root. The flesh 

 is tender and crisp, and it keeps 

 well through the winter. 



Large Whit? Spanish, 

 Winter. — Roots long, top 



Golden Globe. 



Scarlet Chin/ 1 . Winter. 



California Mammoth 

 White China, Winter. 



than the Black Span 

 ish and keeping near 

 ly as well. 



Long Black 

 Spanish, Winter.- 

 One of the latest as 

 well as the hardiest 

 of the radishes, and 

 is considered an ex 

 cellent sort for wintet 

 use. Roots oblong, 

 black, of very large 

 size and firm texture. 



RHPE, 



This plant is ex 

 tensively cultivated 

 in England, both for 

 forage and for the 

 seed, from which is 

 manufactured rape 

 seed oil. The seeds 

 are also much used 

 as food for canary 

 birds. It is often used 

 as a salad plant like 

 mustard. As a for 

 age plant, the yield 

 is abundant, and fed 

 green, it is very nu 

 tritious, and nearly 

 Large White Spanish, Winter, all animals are very 



