Turnips Are Easily Grown and Very Productive 
Turnips 
The old adage: “Sow Turnips the 25th of July, wet or dry,” still holds good for the 
main crop, but excellent results are often obtained from seed planted early in August. 
New land, plowed the previous Spring, is good; harrow thoroughly and dress liberally 
with first-class commercial fertilizer. Sow broadcast and rake or bush in. For Summer 
use, sow early, flat varieties as soon as ground can be worked in Spring in drills 12 to 14 
inches apart; cover lightly and thin 6 to 8 inches apart in the rows. Don’t use fresh 
manure, as it makes the roots rough and useless. 
One ounce will sow 10 square rods, one pound for one acre. 
Makes Seeds Healthy 
Sweet Yellow Globe 
Extra Early Purple-Top Milan. Flat Turnip; earliest 
in cultivation. Medium size, flat and smooth; skin white, 
changing to bright purple above ground; flesh white and 
firm; flavor mild and sweet. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., 
34 lb. 30 cts., lb. 90 cts. 
Early White Flat Strap-Leaf. Popular, early market 
variety; good size and quick growth; flesh white, sweet 
and tender; good for early Spring planting. Oz. 10 cts., 
34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 
White Globe (Pomeranian). Very desirable; large, 
round, smooth, white, good for table use and feeding 
stock; very early, good quality, productive. Oz. 10 cts., 
34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 
Sweet Yellow Globe. One of the very best for table 
and feeding; globe-shaped, large, smooth and handsome; 
pale yellow, flesh hard and firm, mild and sweet. Keeps 
well. Oz. 10 cts., 34 lb- 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 
Golden Ball. Globular, good size, flesh deeper color 
than Yellow Globe; firm, good keeper, excellent. Oz. 10 
cts., 34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 
SWEDE TURNIPS 
Also known as Rutabaga, Russian, French, and Rock 
Turnips. Sow from the middle of June until the middle 
of July in drills 2 feet apart and thin liberally. Cultivate 
thoroughly. 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill, one pound 
for one acre. 
Budlong’s Improved White French. An improved 
American variety. Early and grows nearly globular; large, 
solid and fine-grained; mild and sweet; keeps well until 
late Spring. Oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Sweet White Rock. One of the very best of Swedish 
sorts; commands a good price. Good size and shape, 
smooth and clear white, hard and brittle, but cooking 
tender and sweet. As a Winter or Spring Turnip, it has 
no superior and few equals. Keeps very late. Oz. 10 cts., 
M lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Improved American Purple-Top Swede. A strain 
of yellow Rutabaga of American origin, with smaller top 
and with shorter neck than English varieties. Oblong, 
with short tap-root. While growing large on strong, newly 
cultivated land, they remain solid and fine-grained. Flesh 
deep yellow; skin yellow, purple above ground. Quality 
and flavor sweet and mild, and like the other Swedes, 
keeping until late Spring. Oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 
75 cts. 
Early Purple-Top Strap-Leaf. Very popular; more 
generally cultivated than the other flat varieties, as it is 
a quick grower and attains a much larger size; valuable 
for Spring and late planting; flesh and skin white, skin 
changing to purple above ground; very compact and 
fine. Oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 
Purple-Top Globe. Large; globe-shaped; good quality; 
productive and handsome; flesh white and tender, skin 
white and purple. Good for table or feeding stock. Oz. 
10 cts., 34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 
Long White, or Cow-Horn. Carrot-shaped, standing 
half out of ground; flesh and skin are pure white, shading 
to green above ground; very productive; grown largely for 
feeding. Oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 
White Egg. Quick grower, egg-shaped, very smooth, 
pure white; thin skin, flesh solid, mild, juicy and sweet. 
Grows large, keeps late, one of the best. Oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 
25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 
Sweet Herbs 
BE FASHIONABLE! PLANT AN HERB GARDEN 
IN 1940 
Catnip. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. $1.00. 
Broad-Leaf Sage. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 45 cts. 
Dill. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., 34 lb. 25 cts., lb. 85 cts. 
Lavender. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
Rosemary. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
Sweet Basil. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts. 
Sweet Fennel. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts. 
Sweet Marjoram. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
Summer Savory. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 35 cts. 
Thyme. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 60 cts. 
Wormwood. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
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THE SHOPPING DISTRICT, WHERE WE HAVE DONE BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. 
1084-1086 Main St., HARTFORD, CONN 
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