PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



TURNIPS. 



THE BEST VARIETIES FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



PUPsPLE'TOP WHITE GLOBE TUKNIP. 



A large handsome, globe-shaped variety; white flesh, fine-grained, 

 tender and sweet ; surface color white with a purple top ; a true table 

 turnip and one of the best market sorts, extensively grown and pitted 

 for fall, winter and spring sales, being a good keeper and produces 

 enormous crops. (Sec cut.) Price, 10c. oz., 15c. I lb., 45c. lb. 



EARLY RED'TOP STRAP^LEAF TURNIP. 



A popular variety of quick growth; round-flat, 4 to 5 inches in diameter; 

 flesh white and of excellent quality. Our stock is well selected for perfectly 

 shaped roots, good color, and small tops. A verv reliable sort for early market. 

 Price, 10c. oz., 15c. } lb., 40c. lb. 



PARISIAN HALF LONG WHITE TUP^NIP. 



This new type from France is one of the best table tvirnips we know of and 

 most popular in the Parisian markets. It is a small quick growing — con- 

 sequently early-^— variety, 4 to .5 inches long by Ij to 1^ inches in dianrgter: 

 skin and flesh pure white; crisp, exceedingly tender; free from stringiness 

 and delightfully mild in flavor. The foliage is small, leaf tops short and of 



light green color. It is not only a splendid little garden turnip, but is unrivalled 

 for forcing under glass, being less liable than any other sort to run to 

 seed when pushed. Price, 10c. oz., 25c. J lb., 70c. lb. 



HENDERSON'S LONG ISLAND IMPROVED 



PURPLE-TOP RUTA BAGA. 



Bred from the "American Purple Top," over which / 



it is a great improvement, it is twice the size of or 

 dinary American stocks. In a fair test on several " 

 land farms, alongside some of the best European 

 erican varieties, it produced almost twice the 

 weight per acre of any other variety. Flesh a 

 rich yellow, solid and sweet, the quality very 

 superior. It is perfectly hard3% and a good 

 keeper. (See cut.) 10c. oz., 20c. j lb., 50c. lb. 



SNOWBALL TURNIP. An early medium-sized, smooth,, 

 round Turnip; pure white skin and flesh; quality crisp, tender 

 and sweet, making it one of the handsomest and most desir- 

 able in the whole list. [See cut.) Price, 10c. oz., 15c. i lb., 

 45c. lb. 



EARLY WHITE MILAN TURNIP. 



An extra early variety, making but few and small leaves. 

 Eminently adapted for spring and summer planting, and if 

 sown at monthly intervals will furnish a continuous supply 

 of the most tender and delicately flavored turnips; the root 

 is of medium size, very handsome smooth, and of a clear, 

 ivory white both inside and out. The flesh is fine-grained, 

 tender and mild, flavor. It is at least a week earlier thark 

 any other white variety. Price, 10c. oz., 25c. ] lb., 75c. lb. 



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FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF TURNIPS SEE PAGE 46 FOR RUTA BAGAS SEE PAGE 47. 



