DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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French Breakfast. 



Early Long Scarlet, Short 

 Top, Improved. 



Early Long Scarlet.— Longer and lighter colored 

 than the preceding, with a larger top, and a few days 

 later. This is also a standard sort, and much cultivated. 



Early Round Deep Scarlet.— A valuable improve- 

 ment on the ordinary' Scarlet Turnip Radish, and will 

 be found to be \ery useful for market garden purposes. 

 The color of the skin 15 ver^- dark red, so much deeper 

 than the common scarlet as to attract attention. The 

 flesh is white, cnspy, and it has a verj- small top. Last 

 season, in New York market, u brought a third more 

 than the Scarlet Turnip. It is equally well adapted for 

 growing in frames, green-house or open ground. 



Early Scarlet Turnip. White Tipped.— A beau- 

 tiful variety, deep scarlet with white tip. It is very 

 ornamental for table use, and is becoming very popular 

 as a market variety. It is of same size and shape as the 

 Scarlet Turnip varietj'. 



Early Scarlet, Turnip-Rooted.— A small, round, 

 red, turnip-shaped radish, with a small top. and of verj' 

 quick growth. A very early variety, deser\'ing general 

 cultivation, on account of its rich color, crisp and tender 

 qualities ; should be used while young. The white and 

 red do well mixed. 



Early White, Turnip-Rooted. — Like the preced- 

 ing in shape, but in color, pure white ; flesh pure white, 

 and semi-transparent. It is a few da3's later than the 

 preceding, and will bear the heat longer without becom- 

 mg spongj-. 



Golden Globe. — This variety is very popular in the 

 Southern States. It is of quick growth, tender and brit- 

 tle, of perfect globe shape and golden colored skin. It 

 .^ems to produce tender radishes in the hottest climates. 



Early Yellow Summer Turnip,— An oblong, tur- 

 nip-shaped and russet-colored sort, growing much 

 larj/er than the White or Red Turnip varieties, and 

 having a larger top. The best kind for the South, as it 



stands the extreme heat and drought bet- 

 ter than any other kind. 



Grey Summer Turnip.— Round, tur- 

 -iy-shaped, though often irregular in 

 iorm. The skin is mottled with greenish- 

 brown, wrinkled, and often marked with 

 traverse white lines. Flesh mild, of green- 

 ish-white color, and tolerably solid. Half- 

 early, and a good variety for summer use. 

 Early Scarlet, Olive-Shaped. — In 

 the form of an olive, terminating in a verj' 

 slim tap root. Skin fine scarlet ; neck 

 small ; flesh rose-colored, tender and ex- 

 cellent. Early, and well adapted for forc- 

 ing or general crop. 



New French Breakfast. — Amedium- 

 fjized radish, olive-shaped, small top, of 

 quick growth , very crisp and tender, cf a 

 beautiful scarlet color, except near the root, 

 which IS pure white. A splendid variety for the 

 table, not only on account of its excellent quali- 

 ties, but for Its beautiful color. 



D. M. Ferry & Go's Perpetual Market.— 

 This variety continues to hold the good opinions 

 formed of it three years ago, and as a summer 

 and winter variety, it probably has no superior. 

 About seven or eight inches long, three inches 

 in diameter at the crown, tapcii g pretty regu- 

 larly to the point , skin white, t. .^ed with brown, 

 making it look greyish ; flesh white, very solid, 

 fine-grained, and brittle at all stages of its 

 growth. Sown at intervals, it will keep the 

 table supplied the greater part of the year ; at 

 no period of its growth, or season of the year, 

 does it become hollow or spongy. 



Long White Naples. — Skin white, and of fine text- 

 ure ; flesh fine-grained, crisp, and very good-flavored. 

 A late, fall variety. 



WINTER VARIETIES. 



Scarlet China, Winter.— Form rather conical, and 

 very smooth ; of a lively rose color \ flesh firm, like the 

 Black Spanish, but more pungent. Cultivation the 

 same as for that variety. 



W^hite China, Winter.— Similar in shape to the 

 preceding, though more regular in form. Average spec- 

 imens measure about five inches m length, by two inches 

 in diameter. Flesh rather piquant, solid and brittle, 

 and skin white and clean ; tops large. A most excellent 

 sort for late fall and winter use. 



Long Black Spanish, W^inter.— One of the latest 

 as well as the hardiest of the radishes, and is considered 

 an excellent sort for winter use. Roots oblong, black, 

 of very large size, and firm texture. It is sown rather 

 earlier than the fall turnips, and must be stored in sand, 

 in the cellar, for winter use. It will keep good till 

 spring. 



Large White Spanish, Winter.- Roots somewhat 

 fusiform, retaining then diameter for two-thirds their 

 length, sharply conical at the base, and when full grown, 

 measuring seven or eight inches in length, by about 

 three inches in diameter at the fullest part. Skin white, 

 slightly wrinkled, sometimes tinged with purple, where 

 exposed to the sun. Flesh white, solid and pungent, 

 though milder than the Black Spanish. 



California Mammoth White China, Winter,— 

 First introduced into this country b^' the Chinese, in 

 California. It is pure white, about one foot long, and 

 two or three inches through, tapering regularly to the 

 root. The flesh is tender and crisp, and it keeps per- 

 fectly wqll through the winter. A very valuable addi- 

 tion to our list of winter radishes. 



Culture.— For the first crop, sow as early in the 



