D. M. FERRY & GO'S 



TU^Wlf. 



Stone, 



Duich. 



BRASSICA RAPA. 

 Fr. Navet. — Ger. Steckruebe. 



This wholesome and agreeable esculent has been 

 cultivated from time immemorial, as a field crop, and 

 in England and the Northern States, at the present 

 day, it is one of the staple products of the farm. It 

 is most easily affected in its form and flavor by soil, 

 climate and mode of culture. There are a gi-eat many 

 varieties, but we have selected the following as the best 

 for the garden or farm. 



Early White Stone. — This is an English gar- 

 den variety, of round shape, firm texture, quick growth, 

 TUENIP — Early Wllite medium size, and is cultivated considerably as an early 

 market variety. 



Early White Flat Dntch. — A medium 

 sized, white, flat Turnip, of quick growth, juicy, 

 and of excellent quality when young ; sow in 

 Spring or Fall. It is designed for table use, and 

 is spongy and inferior when overgrown. 



Early White Flat Dutch, Strap Leayed. 



— A most excellent early garden variety, much 

 ^ _ used in the Southern States. Is sure to bottom, 



TFiNIP— Earljr Wllite Tlat and makes a very sweet, tender and rich early 

 table sort. The seed we offer is our own grow- 

 ing, from selected bulbs. 



Early Purple Top, Strap Leaved.— 

 This is vei-y similar to the preceding, except h\ 

 the color, being purple or dark red on the top. 

 It is of good quality, and recommended highly 

 for a garden turnip. The seed of this variety is 

 imported. 



D. M. Ferry & Co's Improred Purple 

 Top, Strap Leaved. — This is a very early 

 variety ; has been introduced but a few years, 

 and is rapidly taking the place of all other flat 

 turnips, for table use ; form, round, flat, medium 

 size ; yQvy small top, with but few leaves, which 

 are of entire upright growth, more resembling 

 Horse Radish leaves in shape ; flesh, fine-grain- 

 ed, and of exceedingly rich, buttery flavor ; a 

 purely American variety. Of this variety, we 

 have just harvested 800 bushels of seed, grown 

 frofn selected btilbs, set out in the Spring, on our 

 own Seed Farm, 



Improved Purple Top Mammoth.— 



Globe-shaped, large, firm in texture, juicy, and 

 of exceedingly quick growth, and very hardy. 



TURNIP— Early Wliite Flat 

 Dutch, Strap Leaved. 



TURNIP— Pxirple Top, Strap 

 Leaved. 



