VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 
KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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EARLY LONG SCARLET, SHORT TOP RADIX 27 
Standard long sort, known as one of the best for home and market gardens. 
SHAPE —5 inches long, exceptionally rapid grower, tapering; smooth, white, crisp 
flesh. 
COLOR —Rich bright scarlet. 
EARLY SCARLET TURNIP RAGED 25 
Splendid early variety for forcing or early market. 
SHAPE —Round, turnip-shaped, rapid grower, short tops, uniform, fine-textured flesh, 
of good flavor. 
COLOR —Dark scarlet red. 
EARLY SCARLET TURNIP, WHITE TIP RAINY 25 
An unusually attractive variety with merits that make it a fine sort for home and market 
gardeners and truckers. 
SHAPE —Almost round, slender tap root, clear white flesh, tender, brittle, and mild 
flavor. 
COLOR —Tempting in appearance. Crimson, with a distinct and clear white area 
about the tip. 
EARLY WHITE TURNIP RAISE 24 
This radish is used for either forcing or outside growing. Being an early white variety, it 
fits in very nicely with the other early colored ones. 
SHAPE —Rather small, turnip-shaped, tender, and brittle. 
COLOR —Entirely white. 
EARLY SCARLET GLOBE (SPECIAL) RELAY 22 
The leading shipping variety. Each year thousands of acres in the South are sown to the 
Keystone special strain of Scarlet Globe for shipment North. It is also used by greenhouse 
and market gardeners. Tops medium short. 
SHAPE —Globe to short olive in shape, smooth, thin tap root, fine-textured, tender, 
juicy; of particularly fine quality and flavor. 
COLOR —Most appealing uniform bright scarlet, which accounts for its being called 
“Cherry Red.” 
FRENCH BREAKFAST RAMEE 24 
Valuable as a standard home and market gardening and forcing sort. A very quick 
growing, attractive root. 
SHAPE —Oblong, blunt, slender tap root, smooth, tops small; flesh, white, solid, and 
tender. 
COLOR —Beautiful rose-scarlet with white tip. 
ICICLE RANCH 27 
The most popular and earliest long, pure white radish. Our Icicle strain is well known 
for its high standard of quality. Popular in home and market gardens and may also be used 
for forcing. Tops are quite small. 
SHAPE —5 to 6 inches long, slender, smooth, tapering at tip,- especially tender and 
brittle, with splendid mild flavor. 
COLOR —Snow white throughout. 
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