The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
GARDEN TURNIPS. 
DANIELS’ IMPROVED SNOWBALL. Reduced from a Photograph. 
YELLOW-FLESHED VARIETIES. 
. per oz. — a. <1. 
DANIELS’ GOLDEN GEM. A distinct variety. The top is small 
and neat ; the roots are very handsome, with very fine tap-root. 
The skin and flesh are of a rich golden-yellow, and of excellent 
quality . . . . . . . . per pint 3s. 0 G 
GOLDEN BALL. Fine stock . . per pint 1 s. fid. 0 4 
ORANGE JELLY. Fine for late sowing . . per pint Is. fid. 0 4 
ORANGE RED-TOP. Red top and golden yellow flesh . . ..04 
Cultivation. — This most wholesome vegetable is a lover of moisture, 
and to be crisp and juicy (as it should be) must be grown quickly and not 
checked in its growth. Choose good rich soil which has been dug over 
some time previously, and if possible, in a slightly shady position, as during 
tho Summer months Turnips become stringy and hard if exposod to the 
hot sun. 
For the first crop sow Daniels’ “Snowball” on a very warm border 
early in March, and a succession of varieties onwards until July. Thin 
out tho plants when in tho seod leaf, leaving tho single roots twelve inches 
apart. Give occasional dustings with wood ash and soot in the early 
morning to ward off the deadly Turnip fly. 
For Autumn and Winter use sow in August and September either broad- 
cast or in rows. Keep the hoe going and all weeds cleared off to hasten 
tho growth and ensure crisp tender roots. 
WHITE-FLESHED VARIETIES. 
“ I Gin sending you Card for you to ?cc I lnd the. honour to be the winner of the 
Cup for three years running, thinks to the good Seeds which you supplied me with.” — 
Mr. G. DYER, Blackwatcr. 
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per oz. — s. d- 
DANIELS’ IMPROVED SNOWBALL. An early and 
distinct variety of perfect shape, having only a single 
tap root. It is small, very solid, sweet and crisp, and 
of remarkably quick growth, flesh snow white and 
juicy, one of the very best for exhibition purposes, 
having obtained numerous first prizes per pint 2s. 0 G 
W DANIELS’ GREEN TOP STONE. One of the most 
useful varieties for late sowing, being very hardy will 
stand well into the Winter. The roots ave of splendid 
shape, and the flesh firm, crisp, and juicy per pint Is. 6d. 0 4 
EARLY WHITE MILAN. Of similar shape and quality to the Rod- 
top Milan, quite as early, but pure white in colour . . . . 0 & 
CHIRK CASTLE (Black Stone). Vory hardy, one of the most useful 
varieties for Winter . . . . . . . . . . 0 & 
EARLY MILAN RED-TOP. One of the earliest varieties in culti- 
vation, roots flat, of medium size and quite smooth. First- 
Class Certificate, Royal Horticultural Society por pint. Is. Cd. 0 4 
EARLY WHITE STRAP-LEAVED. One of the earliest grown . . 0 4 
EARLY WHITE STONE, or DUTCH SIX WEEKS per pint Is. 0 2 
SCARLET GEM. This is quite distinct ; in shape, round and 
flat, the colour is a rich glowing scarlet ; top small and neat ; . 
flesh white and of excellent flavour . . . . ..00. 
VEITCH’S RED GLOBE. Useful variety . . per pint Is. fid. 0 4 
SALSAFY. SCORZONERA. 
per oz. — b. d. per oz. — e. d. 
SANDWICH ISLAND MAMMOTH. Splendid variety per pkt. fid. 1 fi RUSSIAN IMPROVED . . . . . . per pkt. 4d, 1 0 
COMMON .. .. .. .. .. „ 3d. 0 9 COMMON.. .. ... .. .. „ 3d. 0 9 
Cultivation. — Salsafy is a vegetable which deserves to be more grown, as it has quite a rich and distinct flavour. Reing a deep rooting plant, it 
must have well-worked land. The soed should be sown early in May in drills about fifteen inches apart, and the plants thinned out to about nine inches 
in the row. If specimen roots arc desired for exhibition, they may be grown in holes made by a crowbar and filled with fine soil as recommended for 
Parsnips and Beetroot ; a liberal supply of water should be given in dry weather and the soil kept loose between the rows by hoeing during the Summer. 
Salsafy should be lifted and stored in dry sand in a cellar for Winter use. 
Scorzonera is a vegetable resembling Salsafy, being purple in colour- It requires similar treatment, but is somewhat hardier and requires a little 
more space in the drill. 
