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In the first planting we have the better opportunity to note the 
comparative earliness, as the difference is more marked owing to their 
slow development. The Karly Long Scarlet was earliest, being fit for 
table use June 18, one day earlier than the Scarlet 'Turnip-rooted, or” 
the Karly Yellow Turnip. Ferry’s Perpetual Market and the White 
Turnip were slowest in development. 
The ‘‘ Daikon,” seeds of which were obtained from Japan through 
the courtesy of Messrs. Hiram Sibley & Co., is a very distinct 
variety, but it ran to seed before becoming sufficiently large for table 
use. 
The Early Scarlet or Red Turnip, Early Scarlet Turnip-rooted and 
Scarlet Turnip-rooted seemed the same variety. 
RutTA-BAGA. 
We planted seeds of rnta-baga from sixteen named packages in 
the garden July 7, in rows three and one-half feet apart, and ten feet 
long, one row of each sample, the seeds being planted half an inch 
deep. 7 
We have noted the following statistics : 






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AMOMCalis. 54 Se sate ca aR OEE yee nee 5 84 134 
Baneholiny cis aise alsdt eolet spies CRGEe ao cioRee 6 84 134 
Carter’s Imperial Swede...........0...02.000- 6 84 134 
ARUP EL Os sicvshs es hk ot ie ah cent ar ae ote: 98 raes 
TPALEIGY Bi vais nt Riv ice, vf vio ei gece ays ad ome an Ge 6 84; . 144 
EmprovedY ellows, ose 3 Pane aaa naif 5 86 9 
Baines Purple Lop viak's sakes scene 4 atte aa aease 9 93 52 
TOUGONES Wee 2h. als Sedssey eetachsms shah ne oan ett 5 86 10 
Marshall’s Extra Purple Top... ... 052.000. e 6 86 94 
EET DIORD OTE se. wis. i wk abs wiereireed yeh te eves tebe 6 83 12 
SEIN TOG ee ey Ge cn nae Ok eee a ae 6 84 163 
plirving sb utple. Tops wager lay omc ere 6 84. 14 
Sutton’s Improved Champion ................ 6 86 123 
White Swede and Russian..:.....0.8.05..0005- 5 86° 123 
White Sweet German’. oy viii cae cleaner 5 86 2 
Anvarioby from INOrway.'s 6 6:ci.). os arse ebiiotd ia e's 5 84 114 
Carter’s Imperial Swede (duplicate)............ ah 86 92 
In our test, which is on a very limited scale, the Shamrock proved 
most productive, and it was as early in development as any of the 
samples. 
The ruta-baga is much more hardy than the common turnip. We : 
planted on the same day and in the same manner, seeds of thirty-four 
so called varieties of common turnip, but these yielded a very small erop 

