New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 179 
No. 28. PUKPLE-TOP FLAT, Burr. 
Syn. Earliest Bloomsdale Red Top, Land., '86 : Early Flat Eed-Top, Vil. : 
Early Flat Ked Top Garden, VEG. GAK. : Early Bed Top Flat Garden, 
Vil., '84 : Large Bound Naples with Bed Top ?, Dam., '86 : Ked Top Flat' 
Burr : Fr., Navet rouge plat hdtive, VIL., '84 : Ger., Friihe platte rothkop- 
fige Rube, Vil. 
Root strongly flattened, growing much above ground; white below, 
dull purplish red in the upper half; well developed samples 4 in. in 
diameter, 2 in. through the axis; surface smooth; tap-root clearly 
defined; neck small; — foliage medium; leaves much cut, midribs 
nearly white; flesh white, close grained while young, sweet but some- 
times bitter; — season very early. The root keeps very poorly. 
An old and once very popular variety, now largely superseded by 
more desirable sorts. 
No. 29. PURPLE-TOP MUNICH, Sib., '83. 
Syn. Early Purple- Top Munich, Vil., '84: Munich Forcing, Dam., '86: 
Fr., Navet de Munich, A. de CI. : N. plat de Mai, A. de CI. : N. rouge plat 
de Mai de Munich, VIL., '84 : Ger., Miinchener Treib-Riibe, Vil. 
The root resembles that of the Purple-Top Strap-leaved in form and 
dimensions, but is more deeply colored in the upper part. It is very 
much flattened, growing almost entirely above ground, often some- 
what irregular in form, frequently hollowed about the neck and some- 
times about the tap-root; deep purplish red in the upper §, white 
about the tap-root, sometimes beautifully blotched with red and white 
about the center; neck and tap-root small; skin rough about the 
former; — foliage abundant or medium, leaves narrow and much cut, 
midribs sometimes tinged with purple ; — flesh white, sweet and mild 
while young, becoming bitter when the root is full grown. 
" Unquestionably the earliest of all turnips, furnishing roots suffi- 
ciently large for use twelve to fifteen days earlier than the Early Flat 
White." Vil. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 368; Veg. Gar., p. 587. 
No. 30. PURPLE-TOP STRAP-LEAVED, Burr; d. of a., '85, '86; 
Sib., '83. 
Syn. Early Flat Red-Top Strap-Leaved, Vil. : Early Bed Strap Leaf, 
American Stone, Vil., '84: Early Red Strap-Leaved American, A. de CI.: 
Early Red-Top Dutch Strap-Leaved (d), WHITE: Red-Top Strap-Leaf, 
HEN. : Strap-Leaf Red-Top, BRILL : Red-Top Strap-Leaved American 
Stone, VEG. GAR. : Fr., Navet rouge plat hdtif a feuille entire, VIL., '84: 
Ger., Friihe platte rothkopfige Amerikanische Rube, Vil. : Friihe roth- 
kopfige Amerikanische R., A. deCl. 
