/>. M. FERRY A CO’S DESCRIPTIVE 
CATALOGUE. 
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French Breakfast Early White. 
Wood's Early Frame.—A sub-variety of the pre¬ 
ceding, a little shorter and thicker at the top, brilliant 
scarlet color, mild, brittle, of fine flavor, and better 
adapted to forcing. 
Improved Chartier.— Although this new American 
variety is too strong growing to be profitably used for 
forcing, it is one of the very best for early sowing out 
of doors. The roots come to usable size very early and 
remain hard and crisp until they reach a diameter of 
one and one-half or two inches, and so furnish good roots 
two or three times as long as any of the above. Roots 
scarlet rose above, shading into white at the tip. They 
are long and cylindrical for the upper two-thirds, and 
then gradually taper to the tip. Flesh white, crisp and 
mild flavored. 
Long White Naples. - Skin white, flesh fine 
grained, crisp, and of very good flavor. 
Long White Vienna.— Earlier than the last, with 
straight, smooth white roots; flesh white, very tender, 
crisp and juicy. 
Large White Summer Turnip. 
—One of the earliest of the summer 
varieties, coming to a usable size in 
forty days from sowing. Root round, 
smooth, very white and handsome. 
Flesh crisp, tender and 
rather pungent in flavor. 
White Strasburgh.— 
Although this grows to 
the largest size, it is usa¬ 
ble- when quite small, and 
tttus covers a long season. 
The mature roots are four 
to five inches long and 
about two inches thick, 
very white, and the flesh 
is exceedingly crisp and 
tender; is one of the best 
of the large summer sorts. 
Early White Giant 
Olive Shaped. Stuttgart. — Root large, 
often four inches in diameter, top shaped. Skin white; 
flesh white and crisp and not becoming strong or pithy 
until very late, so that those not used as a summer rad¬ 
ish can be stored for winter use. 
Golden Globe. — This variety is very popular in the 
Southern States. It is of quick growth, tender and 
brittle, of perfect globe shape, and golden colored skin. 
It seems to produce tender radishes in the hottest cli¬ 
mates. 
Gray Summer Turnip. Round, turnip shaped, 
though often irregular in form. The skin of the upper 
part is mottled with greenish-brown, wrinkled and often 
marked with transverse white lines. Flesh mild, of 
greenish-white color, and tolerably solid. Half early, 
and a good variety for summer use. 
WINTER VARIETIES. 
Culture. — Sow about the same time as winter tur¬ 
nips, on light, rich soil, in drills eighteen inches apart; 
give frequent cultivation, and thin to two or three 
inches apart. For winter use, pull be¬ 
fore severe frost, and store in damp sand 
in cellar. 
Early Long Scarlet, Short Top. 
I MPROVED. 
Improved Chartier. 
Long White Vienna. 
