DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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Improved Early Blood Turnip. 
form and shape, and cannot fail to give great satisfac¬ 
tion to the market gardener. 
Egyptian Blood Turnip.—This matures quicker 
than any other sort. Roots of fine, turnip form when 
Egyptian Blood Turnip 
young, bat becoming irregular at maturity. They arc 
©f medium sire, smooth, and very dark in color. Flesh 
beautiful, dark purplish-red, fine-grained, crisp and ten¬ 
der, qualities which it retains when the roots are large 
and old, never becoming coarse and woody'. 
Bastian’s Early Blood Tur¬ 
nip. — Among market gardener^, 
this valuable new variety is be¬ 
coming a strong competitor with 
Bastian’6 Early Blood 
T urnip. 
Henderson's 
Pine AppJ«. 
1 
Half Long Dark Blood 
Rough-Skinned. 
Lane’s Improved 
Imperial Sugar. 
the Egyptian Blood Turnip, being larger and more sym¬ 
metrical in form, and always grows in good shape, even 
whea the plants stand very close in the row. It is ear¬ 
lier than the Bassano, very tender and sugary', and re¬ 
tains its blood red color after cookiug. 
Dewing’s Early Blood Turnip. 
— A favorite with New England mar- 
ketmen. The roots are of uniform 
good size, smooth and handsome. 
Long Dark Blood. French White Sugar. 
