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TURNIP — Continued 
SHOGOIN OR JAPANESE FOLIAGE 
Very popular in the south. Quick growing. Tops 18 to 20 inches tall, 
bright green, strap leaved; roots globular, smooth, white and of excellent 
quality. Louse proof. * 
SOUTHERN PRIZE 
Foliage type with tops much like Seven Top and used for same purpose. 
Makes a large, top-shaped root of poor quality. 
WHITE EGG 50 
Top medium size, upright; roots white, egg-shaped with small tap root, 
2Y% to 3 inches. Good home garden variety. 
WHITE FLAT DUTCH, STRAP LEAF 42 
Tops small, light green, strap leaved; roots white, 3 to 4 inches, flat, fine 
grained and sweet. Excellent for early planting. 
YELLOW ABERDEEN, PURPLE TOP 75 
Very hardy and productive, a good keeper; globe-shaped. Color pale yel- 
low with purple top. Very firm in texture and closely resembling the 
Rutabaga in good keeping qualities. Good either for table or stock. 
YELLOW GLOBE ‘15 
Tops large, upright; roots 4 to 5 inches, globe-shaped, pale yellow; flesh 
firm, pale yellow. 
: RUTABAGA 
CuLturE. Rutabaga, or Swedish Turnip, with their superior keeping 
qualities, had best be drilled a month earlier than other turnips, given 18 
to 30-inch rows and thinned to stand six to twelve inches apart in the row. 
AMERICAN PURPLE TOP, IMPROVED 90 
Tops large, upright; roots 5 to 6 inches, yellow with purple top; flesh pale 
yellow, fine grained, sweet and tender. 
BANGHOLM 90 
Of large size, small neck, few or no side roots. Yields well. Flesh yel- 
low, sweet and solid; skin yellow with purple top. 
EARLY NECKLESS 85 
Resembles American Purple Top but with medium top and very small neck. 
Roots, flattened globe in shape, yellow with purple top; flesh yellow, firm 
and of excellent quality. 
MACOMBER 35 
A. white-fleshed variety of superior table quality. Roots nearly round, 
almost neckless, white with greenish purple top: Well adapted to New 
England. 
MONARCH OR TANKARD 90 
pits ais a yellow fleshed sort having very large tankard-shaped roots with 
relatively small necks and tops. Color purplish-crimson above: ground, 
yellow below; flesh fine grained, very solid and of the best flavor. 
SWEET GERMAN 90 
Roots 4 to 5 inches, white with green tinted top, globe-shaped; flesh pure 
white, fine grained and sweet. Good for table use or stock feed. 
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