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



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should be sown a month earher than the flat turnips. The 

 flesh is white, hard, firm and sweet: keeps nearly as well as 

 the Ruta Baga. Highly recommended for winter and spring 

 use. 



SEVEN TOP.— Cultivated extensively in the South for the 

 tops, wliich are used for greens. It is very hardy, and will 

 grow all winter, but does not produce a good root, and is 

 only recommended for the tops. 



YELLOW FLESHED SORTS. 



ORANGE JELLY, OR ROBERTSON'S GOLDEN BALL.- 



Cndoubtedly amopg the most delicate and sweetest yellow 

 fleshed turnips yet introduced. Not of large size, but firm, 

 hard and of most excellent flavor. Keeps well, and is 

 superior as a table variety. It is well thought of in the 

 South. 



Orange Jelly, or Robertsons Golden Ball. 



LARGE AMBER GLOBE.— One .jf the best varieties either 

 for table use or for a field crop for stock. Flesh yellow, fine 

 ■gramed an<l sweet; color of skin yellow, witli' green top. 

 Hardy, keeps well, a goofl cropper, and grows to a very large 

 size. Very popular South. 



PURPLE TOP YELLOW ABERDEEN.-Roots metlium 

 size, round: flesh pale yellow, tender and sugarv; hardy and 

 productive, and keeps well. It is an old esteemed variety, 

 considered as approaching vers* nearly to the Ruta Baga in 

 hardiness and firmness of texture. 



SWEDES, OR RUTA BAGAS. 



CcxTcnE.— Sow the seed about a month earlier than the 

 preceding varieties of turnips. They should be sovnti on 

 ground enriched with well rotted manure in drills two and 

 one-half feet apart, and thinned to six to eight inches apart 

 in the row. Keei> the weeds thoroughly in check with the 

 hoe or cultivator, and when the roots have grown full size, 

 -and before hard freezing weather, pull, cut off the tops and 



store in a root cellar or pit. Ruta Bagas are sometimes so^-n 

 broadcast and let take their chances with the weeds and 

 bugs, but this methfxl is only s-uccessf ul on new clearing in 

 which there is no weed seed. 



SWEET RUSSIAN, OR WHITE RUTA BAGA.-This vari- 

 ety is most excellent, either for the tablt- or stock. It grows 

 to a very large size : flesh white, solid, of firm texture, sweet 

 and rich: an excellent keeper. 



LAING'S PURPLE TOP RUTA BAGA.— A large early 

 sort of fine quality. Roots globe shape: skin purplish-red 

 above ground and yellow l>elow: flesh yellow, necks small; 

 tops peculiar m that they are strap or entire leaved. An 

 excellent variety m every way. 



Monarch, or Tankard Ruta Baga. 



D. M. FERRY & COS IMPROVED PURPLE TOP YEL- 

 LOW RUTA BAGA.— A hardy and in (niuctive variety. Flesh 

 yellow, of sohd texture, sweet and well flav^aed: shape 

 slightly oblong, terminating abruptly: color deep jnirjile above 

 and bright yeUow under the ground: leaves small, light 

 green. Has 'but little neck. 



AHERICAN PURPLE TOP, OR LONG ISLAND RUTA 

 BAGA.— This is a strain of l^u-ple Top Yellow Ruta Baga of 

 American origin, selected to a smaller top and much shorter 

 neck than is usually found, while the roots grow to an enor- 

 mous size under favorable conditions. We consider this one 

 of the most desirable kinds on our list. 



MONARCH, OR TANKARD RUTA BAGA.-This is a new, 

 yellow fleshed son. having very large tankard shai>ed roots, 

 with relatively small necks and tops. Color iiurplisli-orimson 

 above ground, yellow below ; flesn very solid, fine grained 

 and of the best "flavor. This ver>- popular variety is sold also 

 as Hursts ;Monarch. and Carter's Llephant. 



DRU.M.MOND'S.— An improved strain of purple top Swede, 

 excelling in uniformity of shape, color and quality. A large 

 proportion of the roots would be considered by the most 

 critical as an extra table sort. 



CARTER'S inPERIAL PURPLE TOP RUTA BAGA.- 

 A most excellent sort either for table use or fetnlint: stock. 

 Flesh yellow, solid, firm, sweet and rich. It is a hardy sort, 

 yields heavily, with no tendency to long necks. 



