DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Improved Early Blood Turnip. 



•form and shape, and cannot fail to give great satisfac- , 



tion to the market gardener. j 



Egyptian Blood Turnip. — This matures quicker i 



than any other sort. Roots of line, turnip form when | 



Egyptian Blood Turnip 

 young, but becoming irregular at maturity. They are 

 of medium size, smooth, and very dark in color. Flesh 

 beautiful, dark purplish-red, fine-grained, crisp and len- 

 der, qualities which it retains when the roots are large 

 and old, never becoming coarse and woody. 



Bastian's Early Bleed Tur- 

 nip. — Among market gardeners, 

 this valuable new variety is be- 

 •Goming a strong conapetitor with 



Half Long Dark Blood Lane's Improved 

 Rough-Skinned. Imperial Sugar. 



the Egyptian Blood Turnip, being larger and more sym- 

 metrical in ferm, and always grows in good shape, even 

 whea the plants stand ver\- close in the row. It is ear- 

 lier than the Bassano, ver\' tender and sugary^ and re- 

 i^v tains its blood red color after cooking. 



^;'>v Dewing's Early Bleed Turnip. 



; / —A favorite with New England niar- 



hl ketmen. The roots are of uniform 



smtoUi and handsome. 



Bastian's Early Blood 

 Turnip. 



Henderson's 

 Pine Appls. 



Long Dark Blood. French White Sugar. 



