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At Average 
edible © Number weight 
maturity of roots of roots. 
in-days. harvested. Ounces. 
Yellow Stone... 6....03 60. Lets: iss 86 10 3 
Yellow Scotch or Aberdeen.......... 98 10 3 
Mom Dutch... eis devon hoes oo 98 9 t 
Pemliows MINIANd: 2b. he sacs Kae tk wees 86 13 2 
Yellow Flat Purple Zee Montmagny.. 86 23 2 
SHUI ALES, Fou. ui cilvole vce obo 0 0 98 7 2 
Ruta Baga. 
Skirving’s Purple-top Yellow ........ 99 14 25 
RE oer oss aig eo nde aig go oe » 99 14 30 
Pete ere: LOp si eae cle ee eis ae 9 36 
White Smooth Short-leaf............ 99 15 20 
Pe EMERG DION 505 sve eo ee ede ones ug 2 38 
Pee towetroen Lops set one 6 ee GOs GD 28 
WellowePurple) Top woes See 99 12 26 
All of the plantings had vegetated on the fourth aay after 
sowing. 
The time when the tur nip is fit for table use is necessarily rather 
indefinite. Our figures, however, will serve to show the comparative 
rapidity with which the different plantings developed. It appears 
that the Early Purple-topped Munich, Ear ly Red Strap-leaf, Early 
White Flat Dutch Garden, Early White Strap-leaf, Jersey Lily, Large 
~ Amber Globe, Milan Strap- leaf, and Round Early White Vertus 
were all noted as being fit for table use in sixty-nine days from 
planting. It appears that the Milan Strap-leaf produced the 
largest roots, though very few of the plants survived. The Red Top 
Globe Shaped was most productive, 
Huperiments. 
We made experimental plantings of turnip seed gathered at the 
Station in 1883, in order to compare the crop produced by the 
largest and sinallest seeds; from ripe and unripe seeds; and from 
seeds of the terminal stalk, and from the lowest branches. Some of 
the plantings showed evidences of cross-fertilization, and therefore 
we regard our results as only suggestive. 
In planting the larger and smaller seeds, we used those of the 
Early Dutch variety, sifting them in a sieve, which permitted about 
half to pass through. Thirty- -seven roots from the larger seeds 
averaged very nearly seven and one-third ounces each, while forty- 
six roots from the smaller seeds averaged very nearly seven and-a 
half ounces each. 
In the planting vs of the ripe and unripe seeds, we used the Early 
Dutch variety. Fifteen roots from the seeds gathered slightly 
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