D. M FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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them with sand or turf to keep them fresh. Another method 

 is to put them in a cellar or dry pit, and cover with straw 

 and then earth over to the depth of eight or ten inches. Thus 

 protected they will keep well till spring. 



For feeding stock in fall and icinter, there is nothing 

 superior to Turnijjs and Ruta Bagas, and they will yield 

 a larger amount of food than almost anything else on the 

 same space of ground. Wt cannot too earnestly recom- 

 mend farmers to increase their sowings largely, for we are 

 sure no crop will prove more remunerative. 



TURNIP, EXTRA EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN. 



EXTRA EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN.— Tops very 

 small. dLstinctlv strap leaved, and growing verj^ erect and 

 compact. The "roots are .small and flat turnip shaped: skin 

 purple on top of the root, clear white below : flesh white. The 

 mosc desirable sort for forcing, or very early planting out doors. 



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TURNIP, EXTRA EARLY WHITE MILAN. 



EXTRA EARLY WHITE MILAN.-A sort in which the 

 extreme earliness. small top and tap root of the Purple Top 

 Milan is united with clear white skin and flesh; very desirable 

 for early planting. 



WHITE EGG.— A quick growing, egg shaped, perfectly 

 smooth, pure white variet}-. growing half out of the ground, 

 with small top and rough leaves. The flesh is very sweet, 

 firm and mild, never ha\'ing the rank, strong taste of some 

 white varieties. 



EARLY PURPLE TOP, STRAP LEAVED. 



EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH, STRAP LEAVED.- 



A most excellent early garden variety, much used in tiie 

 Southern States. Roots medium size, flat; color white: 

 very early, sweet and tender. It is desirable for table use, 

 and is spongy and inferior when overgrown. 



D. M. FERRY & CO'S EARLY PURPLE TOP. STRAP 

 LEAYED.— This is an early varietj- and a trreat favorite for 

 table u.se: form exceedingly flat, like a brf>ad disk in shape, 

 and of medium size : color purple or dark red above ground, 

 white below: flesh white, fine grained and tender; leaves few, 

 entire, upright in growth. 



PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE.-A variety of the purjjle 

 lop flat turnip, from which it originated. It is globular in 

 form, and nearlj- as large as 

 the Pomeranean White Globe ; 

 of beautiful appearance, of 

 most excellent quality, and 

 equally desiraVjle for table or 

 stock. It keeps well and is a 

 fine market sort. 



COW HORN, OR LONG 



WHITE.-This variety is car- 

 rot like in form, growing 

 nearly half out of the grovmd, 

 and generally shghtly crook- 

 ed. It is pm-e white, except 

 a little shade of green at the 

 top. It is deUcate and well 

 flavored, of very rapid 

 growth, and has obtained 

 considerable favor as a mar- 

 ket sort for fall and early 

 winter use 



PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE. COW HORN, OR LONG WHITE, 



LARGE WHITE NORFOLK.— A standard sort for field 

 culture, which often attains a very large size: extensively 

 grown all over the world for stock feeding. Shape spherical, 

 or shghtly flattened; color white. The seed should be sown a 



LARGE WHITE NORFOLK. 



