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TURNIP FOR FRAMEWORK AND EARLY USE. 
A NEW EARLY WHITE TURNIP. 
Carters Little Marvel.— A cross between Early White Milan and Jersey Lily. This is a highly 
re-selected stock, the tendency to flatness in some of the roots having been entirely eradicated; the tops are 
small and compact. It is undoubtedly the quickest white globe-shaped Turnip in cultivation. Flesh crisp 
and solid and, as aptly described by one of our customers, “ is a Little Marvel.” Very distinct in both 
habit and foliage, and is a splendid Table Turnip. Twenty-five First Prizes reported last season, and 
included in the Large Gold Medal Collection of Vegetables, Shrewsbury, 1912. 
The Royal Horticultural Society, reporting from its trials at Wisley, says: — “Carters Little 
Marvel Turnip. White, round, handsome ; foliage short and sturdy. A very early variety that should be 
valuable for forcing.” 
This remarkable cross-bred Turnip closely follows the Milan and is considerably forwarder than Jersey 
Lily. It has become popular with gardeners for early work as it is as good as it looks. 
Price 3s. 6d. per pint, 8d. per ounce, 3d. and 6d. per packet. 
“A New Turnip — Little Marvel. — This new imroduction from Messrs. Carter & Co., High Ilolborn, is a great gain 
in earliness and quality, and will be a most valuable root for first crop in the open. So far I have only had roots grown in 
frames, and when forced they were superior to the Early Milan variety. I grew the Milan by the side of the new Little Marvel 
to test its carliness, and in this respect it is equal to the older variety. It should be a useful root for first crop in the open, or 
for a quick crop required in a short time, and it can be grown for a summer crop.” — G. Wythks, in The Carden. 
The Right Hon. Viscount Midleton’s Head Gardener says “ Little Marvel Turnip. Foliage dwarf ; 
white, round, handsome shaped roots ; very solid, very quick maturing its growth, and should stand forcing well.’ Mr. Quainton, 
The Gardens, Peper Harrow Park. 
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