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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



For feeding stock in fall and ivinter, there is nothing supe- 

 rior to Turnips and Ruta Bagas, and they will yield a larger 

 amount of food than almost anything else on the same 

 space of ground. We cannot too earnestly recommend 

 farmers to increase their sowings largely, for toe are sure no 

 crop loill prove more remunerative. 



EXTRA EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN.-Tops very 

 small, distinctly strap leaved, and growing very erect and 

 compact. The roots are small and flat turnip shaped; skin 

 purple on top of the root, clear white below; flesh white. 

 The most desirable sort for forcing, or very early planting 

 out doors. 



LARGE RED TOP NORFOLK.— A handsome, spherical 

 or slightly flattened root, reddish-purple above ground, with 

 small top. An excellent variety, grown both for table use 

 and stock. 



Early White Flat Dutch. Strap Leaved. 



EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH, STRAP LEAVED.— 



A most excellent early garden variety, much used in the 

 Southern States. Roots medium size, flat; color white; 

 very early, sweet and tender. It is designed for table,use, 

 and is spongy and inferior when overgrown. 



D. M, FERRY & GO'S inPROVED EARLY PURPLE 

 TOP, STRAP LEAVED.— This is an early variety and a great 



D. M. Ferry & Co"s Improved Early Purple Top, 

 Strap Leaved. 



favorite for table use; form exceedingly flat, like a broad 

 disk in shape, and of medium size; color purple or dark red 

 above ground, white below; flesh white, fine grained and 

 tender; leaves few, entire, upright in growth. 



WHITE EGG.— A quick growing eg^ shaped, perfectly 

 smooth, pure white variety, growing half out of the ground, 

 with small top and rough leaves. The flesh is very sweet, 

 firm and mild, never having the rank, strong taste of some 

 white varieties. 



PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE.— A variety of the purple 

 top flat turnip, from which it originated. It is globular in 

 form, and nearly as large as the Pomeranean White Globe; 

 of beautiful appearance, of most excellent quality, and 

 equally desirable for table or stock. It keeps well and is a 

 fine market sort. 



COW HORN, OR LONG WHITE.-This variety is carrot 

 like in form, growing nearly half out of the ground, and gen- 

 erally slightly crooked. It is pure white, except a little shade 

 of green at the top. It is delicate and well flavored, of very 

 rapid growth, and has obtained considerable favor as a 

 market sort for fall and early winter use. 



LARGE WHITE NORFOLK.-A standard sort for field 

 culture, which often attains a very large size; extensively 

 grown all over the world for stock feeding. Shape spherical, 

 or slightly flattened ; color white. The seed should be sown 

 a little earlier than table sorts. It is allowed to stand out 

 during the winter in the South, and. Southwest, where the tops 

 are used for greens. 



POMERANEAN 

 WHITE QLOBE.-Isone 

 of* the most productive 

 kinds; in good, rich soil, 

 roots will frequently 

 ^ow to twelve pounds 

 in weight. It is of per- 

 fect globe shape; skin 

 white and smooth ; leaves 

 dark green and of strong 

 growth. 



SWEET GERHAN.- 

 This variety is very popu- 

 lar in many sections, no- 

 tably so in the New Eng- 

 land States. It partakes 

 largely of the nature of 

 the Ruta Baga, and 



White Egg. 



Cow Horn, or Long White. 



