GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Improved Purple Top Ruta Baga. 



This is grown for feeding stock and 

 also for table use. It is oblong in 

 shape, yellow flesh, very solid. Should 

 be sown in rows or ridges. 



Extra Early White French, or White 

 Egg. Is very early, tender and crisp. 

 The shape is oblong, resembling an 

 egg. Having tried it we found it as 

 represented, quickly growing, tender 

 and sweet. 



Amber Globe. This is a very beauti- 

 ful formed variety, quite productive, 

 solid flesh and attractive color; it 

 keeps well and is desirable for either 

 table use or for stock feeding. 



Yellow Aberdeen. It is shaped like 

 the Ruta Baga, color yellow witb 

 purple top. Good for table use or 

 feeding stock. 



White Spring. This is similar to 

 the White Flat Dutch; not quite so 

 large, but round in shape. The tops 

 are large, it is early, a good quality, 

 and best adapted for spring planting. 



Large White Globe. A very large 

 kind, mostly grown for stock. It can 

 be used for the table when young. 

 Flesh coarse, but sweet, tops large. 



Extra Early White Milan. A splen- 

 did extra early turnip, in which the 

 extreme earliness, smaL top and tap 

 root of the Purple Top Milan are 



Extra Early White French, or White Egg. 



Improved Purple Top Ruta Baga. 



united with clear white skin and flesh. 

 Very desirable for early planting. 



Long Island Purple Top Ruta Baga. 

 This kind is purelj^ of American origin. 

 The root is smoother than the foregoing: 

 variety, the flesh is of golden yellow, 

 fine grained and solid; it is earlier to 

 mature. 



Seven Top. This variety is quite large- 

 ly planted in the South for green forage 

 during the winter months. The plants 

 do not produce bulbs, but are of strong 

 growth with abundant green foliage. In 

 some sections Turnips are largely planted 

 to make a green crop to turn under to 

 enrich the soil, and this variety is one 

 of the best for the purpose. 



i_arge Cow Horn. A long white varie- 

 ty of very good quality, shaped like a 

 cow's horn, from which the name. It i& 

 good for feeding stock. 



Sweet German, or Hanover. Re- 

 sembles the Rnta Baga in growth, it is a 

 white flesh variety, very solid and sweet. 

 If sown in the fall will keep well until 

 spring without getting pithy like the flat 

 varieties. 



New Orleans Market Cucumber should be planted before any other. 



