Plant them: they'll grow 
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TURNIP 
For summer greens or roots sow early in drills 12”-15" apart for hand cultivation; 24” apart for 
horse cultivation, and press the soil down firmly. Thin out when the plants have grown to about 
1” high. Sow again in the summer for fall and winter use. Allow one ounce for 100 ft. of row, 
2-3 lb. per acre. 
Cow Horn (Long White): 70 days. A good va¬ 
riety for table or stock. 
Purple Top Strap Leaved: 46 days. Used ex¬ 
tensively in home and market gardens. Tops 
medium, upright, and compact. Roots 4” diam¬ 
eter, purple-red above, white below; fine-grained 
and tender. 
* Purple Top White Globe: 57 days. The stand¬ 
ard table sort; for market garden, shipping or 
home. Large, dark green, cut-leaved tops. Roots 
purple-red above, white below, with white, sweet, 
tender flesh. 
Seven Top: A very hardy foliage turnip, grown 
for table greens and forage. The roots are tough 
and inedible, but the young, dark green leaves, 
ready a month after planting, are very tender 
and new 7 leaves are formed after the earlier 
growth has been cut. 
Purple Top Milan: 42 days. Very early. Strap¬ 
leaved, with flat roots of fine quality. 
Turnip Broccoli, or Broccoli Rab: Page 7. 
*Shogoin: The tops make excellent greens in 
30 days and the roots in 40 days are crisp and 
tender. Roots are semi-globular, white inside 
and out. Should be eaten young. 
White Flat Dutch: 46 days. An early Asgrow 
strain of this white variety. 
American Purple Top Rutabaga 
Purple Top Globe Turnip 
White Egg: 60 days. Medium, cut-leaved tops. 
White, egg-shaped roots 3” long. 
Yellow Aberdeen, Purple Top: 80 days. A yel¬ 
low-fleshed sort, of fine flavor and excellent 
keeping quality for winter use. 
Yellow Globe: 80 days. Large tops with firm 
yellow roots. For table use when young and 
stock feed when full grown to large size. 
RUTABAGA 
The Rutabaga or Swede Turnip should be plant¬ 
ed in midsummer, a few weeks before other 
turnips. It keeps well through winter if topped 
and stored in a cool, slightly moist cellar or pit. 
* American Purple Top (Long Island Improved): 
90 days. The Asgrow strain is well known for 
its heavy yield and uniformity; very dependable 
for shipping and storage. Large, globular, short¬ 
necked roots with light yellow flesh, firm, sweet 
and tender. 
White French: 90 days. Large roots with white, 
sweet flesh. 
