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No. 20. WHITE NOBFOLK, Burr; Veg. Gar.; White. 
Syn. Cornish White, Vil. : Improved White Pomeranian, Vil. : Large 
White Globe, Vil., '84: Pomeranian White Globe, Sib., '83; Thor., '84: 
White Flat Norfolk, Sib., '83: White Flat or Globe?, Thor., '83, '86: White 
Pomeranian, Vil. : White Bound, Burr: Fr., Navet de Norfolk, A. de CI. : 
N. de Norfolk blanc, VIL., '84: N. globe de Pomeranian, Vil. : Ger., Spate 
von Norfolk Biibe, A. de CI. 
Boot spherical or top-shaped, sometimes somewhat flattened and 
occasionally hollowed about the neck; white; well developed samples 
5 in. in diameter, 4| in. through the axis, sometimes attaining much 
larger dimensions; surface more or less striate about the tap-root; 
neck and tap-root large; — foliage very abundant; midribs greenish 
white; — flesh white, rather coarse-grained, sweet; — season late. 
Largely grown for stock. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 365; Veg. Gar., p. 585. 
Burr describes a Pomeranian Globe, and a White Norfolk as though he 
considered them distinct, and Morton, in his Cyclopedia of Agriculture 
describes a Pomeranian White Globe, and a White Norfolk. 
B. Root yellow, at least in the lower part. 
No. 21. AMBEB GLOBE, Hen., '86; Veg. Gar.; Vil. 
Syn. Large Amber Globe, Fer., '83. 
Boot varying from distinctly oblate to roundish or top-shaped, 
growing about half above the ground; light yellow below, pale yel- 
lowish green in the upper third; well developed samples 3 to 4 in. in 
diameter, 2 to 3 in. through the axis; surface very smooth, without 
rootlets; tap-root well defined, sometimes quite thick; neck large; — 
foliage very abundant; midribs whitish green; — flesh pale yellow, 
sweet and mild, 
A good variety either for garden or field culture; said to be very 
popular in the South. 
No. 22. GBEEN-TOP YELLOW ABEBDEEN, Burr; Thor., '85. 
Syn. Aberdeen, VEG. GAR.: Aberdeen Yellow, Vil. : Early Yellow Field, 
Vil. : Green Top Yellow?, Burr, '86 : Green-top Yellow Bullock, Burr : Yellow 
Aberdeen Bullock, Morton: Fr., Navet jaune d'Aberdeen a collet vert, 
VIL. 
Scarcely differs in its external characters from the Purple Top 
Yellow Aberdeen, except in the color of the upper part of the root 
which is pale green instead of reddish purple. It also grows rather 
deeper in the ground. 
Much esteemed as a field turnip in England. According to Morton 
