D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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For feeding stock in fall and winter, there is nothing superior 
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 we are sure no crop will prove more 
remunerative. 
This wholesome and agreeable vegetable is most easily 
affected in its form and flavor, by soil, climate and mode 
of culture. There are a great many varieties, but we 
ale selected the following as the best for the garden or 
arm. 
Sow in drills about sixteen inches apart, and half an inch 
deep or sow broadcast, but in either case be sure to have the 
ground rich and freshly dug. Be careful to weed and thin 
out, so the young plants will not be checked and injured. 
Any overcrowding will result in rough and poor flavored fruit. 
For the spring and summer crops it is important to get them 
before hot weather causes them to become tough and strong. 
For the fall and main crop, sow in the Middle and Western 
States from the middle of July to the last of August, as 
directed for the spring sowing. In the field, turnips are 
generally sown broadcast, though much larger crops are 
obtained by drill culture. 
To preserve turnips in good order for winter, store in a cool 
cellar and cover with sand or turf to keep them fresh. 
Another method is to put them in a pit dug in dry soil where 
there will be no danger of water standing, and cover with 
straw and then earth sufficiently deep to keep out frost. 
Thus protected they will keep well till spring. 
This variety is a marvel Similar to the 
started very early so they may have time to grow sufficient size 
of earliness. The topis White Milan, ex- 
EX(fa Ear WAUCE (MIAN oie scion 
compact, so that the rows can be planted close together. The 
clear white roots are very smooth, symmetrical and beautiful. 
The flesh is white, tender and sweet. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; %& Lb. 20c; Lh. 70¢ 
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EX(1a Early Purple Top Milan sis. <= 
roots are a little flatter and a beautiful purple-red on the upper 
portion. All in all, these Milan turnips leave nothing more to 
be desired in the way of an extra early garden turnip. 
Pkt. 5¢; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15¢; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 65c 
Extra EaARty Purecte Top MILAN TURNIP. 
Strap 
Early White Flat Dutch, cess. 
A most excellent early garden variety and 
largely used in the Southern States. Roots me- 
dium sized, flat; color white; very 
early, sweet and tender. It is de- 
sirable for table use, but is spongy 
Ear! Pur le To This is an early variety 
y Dp D. and a great favorite for 
Stra Leaved> table use; form flat, 
Dp like a broad disc in 
shape, and of medium size; color 
purple or dark red above ground, 
white below; flesh white, fine grain- 
ed and tender; leaves few, entire, 
upright in growth. Pkt.5¢e; Oz.10c; 
2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c: Lh. 50c 
7 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15e: 
% Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c 
A quick grow- 
White Fog ing egg shaped, 
perfectly smooth, pure white va- 
riety, 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 
ZA - 7 varieties. 
aa Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15e; 
EARLY WHITE FLAT DutTcH, 4, Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c 
STRAP LEAVED TURNIP. 
A variety which origi- 
Purple Top White Globe nated from the purple 
top flat turnip. It is globular and nearly as large as the Pom- 
eranean White Globe, of beautiful appearance, of most excel- 
lent quality, and equally desirable for table or stock. It keeps 
well and is a fine market sort. s 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15e; % Lb. 20ce; Lb. 50¢ 
Lar e White No f Ik A standard sort, usually grown for 
g I r 0 feeding stock, but these large white 
varieties, though a little coarse, are of very good quality for the table. The 
roots are large, spherical, or slightly flattened and very white. It is allowed 
to stand out during the winter in the South and Southwest, where the tops 
are used for greens. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 10¢; 44 Lb. 15e; Lb. 45¢ 
A handsome, spherical or slightly 
Large Red Top Norfolk flattened root, reddish purple above 
ground, with small top. An excellent variety grown both for table use and 
stock. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 10c; *% Lb. Lode; Lh. 45e 
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of H [ This variety is pure white, except a little shade of green at the 
OW orn, or -ONn White top, and is carrot-like in form, growing nearly half out of the 
ground, and generally slightly crooked. 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. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. Lde: %& Lh. 20c; Lh. 60c¢ 
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EARLY PurRPLe Top STRAP 
LEAVED TURNIP. 
Cow Horn 
TURNIP. 
