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RUTABAGAS, OR SWEDISH WINTER TURNIPS 
D UTABAGAS differ from the common turnips in 
* * having more of a cabbage-like foliage and the roots 
grow to very much larger size, besides being by far the 
best keepers. Large quantities of the coarser kinds are 
used for cattle feed. The medium-sized sorts, of which 
A meric an Purple T op or Improved Long Island (as illustrated) 
is the leading kind, are of very fine table quality. Pur- 
ple Top grows partly out of ground, being of bright yellow 
color beneath the soih It is of elongated globe shape. 
Flesh yellow. 
Sweet German and White Swede are two white-skinned, 
white-fleshed sorts of slightly later season of maturity 
and elegant table qualities. Yellow Aberdeen and Mon- 
arch are two late sorts with yellow flesh of very good 
quality, though grown principally for stock feeding pur- 
poses. All the above sorts grow partly above the ground, 
which makes their harvesting easy. All will keep well 
until spring if stored as suggested on next page. 
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