MARKET GARDENERS AND FLORISTS PRICE LIST —1939 
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Harris’ 
Purple 
Top 
White 
Globe 
Turnips 
TURNIPS 
Weisse Rube (Ger.) Navone (It .) 
It requires 1 to 1% lbs. of seed per acre in 
drills, or 2 to 2]/2 lbs. broadcast. 
Purple Top White Globe 
Special Strain 
This stock of Purple Top White Globe 
turnip continues to produce the smoothest, 
handsomest turnips we have ever seen. The 
turnips are a snowy white with bright pur¬ 
ple tops. Such turnips make a much more 
attractive appearance and always sell at 
advanced prices over ordinary stocks. See 
price below. 
“Dealing with the Harris Seed Co. I could al¬ 
ways rely on their word. If my memory doesn’t de¬ 
ceive me I started buying your seeds 30 years or 
more ago. I always found them true to name and 
of strong ermination which produced good crops of 
the finest vegitables.” OttoG. Newman, Chepachet, 
R. I. Mar. 8, 1938. 
These smooth, attractive turnips bring top prices. 
EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN. 
The earliest purple top turnip, very fine. Flat. 
EARLY WHITE MILAN. The Earliest Turnip. 
Very early, flat white turnip. 
GOLDEN BALL. The Smoothest Yellow Turnip. 
Round, smooth yellow. Much the best to grow where a yellow turnip is wanted. 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE. Special Strain. See above. 
SHOGOIN. The Best Foliage Variety. 
The best turnip for greens, very much superior to Seven Top. The turnips are white, 
flat and of fine quality. The tops are light green of good quality and grow in clusters. 
Snowball. 
Pure white, round as a ball; early, with small tops. 
yib. 
lb. 
101 b. 
$ .30 
$ .85 
$8.00 
.30 
.85 
8.00 
.25 
.75 
7.00 
.25 
.70 
6.50 
.25 
.80 
7.50 
.25 
.70 
6.50 
Kohirube (Ger.) RUTA BAGAS or Swede Turnips 
Improved Long Island 
Special Neckless Strain 
We have compared this stock with the 
finest Canadian varieties and find it supe¬ 
rior to any we have yet seen. 
The roots are large and handsome 
producing enormous crops. They are globe 
shape and much smoother than the usual 
strains. There are practically no necks. 
Flesh is yellow and of fine quality. These 
ruta bagas command the best prices. 
l /i lb. 30c; lb. 85c; 10 lbs. $8.00. 
Macomber 
Finest Quality—White Flesh 
This ruta baga should be grown more 
extensively. It is the finest quality ruta 
baga we know, being exceptionally mild 
and sweet. The roots are nearly round 
smooth, white with green tops. The flesh is 
white and very fine grained. Growers to a 
discriminating trade quickly work up a fine 
trade with this outstanding variety. 
lb. 60c; lb. $2.00; 10 lbs. $19.00. 
Cavolo navone (It.) 
Improved 
Long Island 
Ruta Bagas 
Early Yellow Purple Top— Famous Bucks County Strain 
A fine strain of Purple Top Yellow ruta bagas maturing about two weeks earlier than Long 
Island Improved. The roots are somewhat smaller and slightly flatter than that variety and are 
very uniform for shape and color. The flesh is light yellow, fine grained and sweet. We recommend 
this variety particularly for the early market. lb- 40c; lb. $1.30; 10 lbs. $12.00. 
