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PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE 58-63 days 
The most popular turnip for market or the home garden. 
It is globe shaped with purple skin around the top and white 
at the bottom, giving it a most attractive appearance. The 
flesh is pure white, fine grained and sweet. 
WHITE EGG 52-57 days 
A splendidly early egg-shaped variety with white skin. 
lt is one of the earliest turnips and grows half out of the 
ground. The flesh is fine grained and has a good flavor. 
POMERANIAN WHITE GLOBE 
A large, late, flattened, globe-shaped turnip with white 
75-80 days 
skin. It is best for table use when young and measuring 
about 4 inches across. It is also good for stock and on good 
rich soil will reach the enormous size of ten pounds. 
EXTRA EARLY WHITE MILAN 40-45 days 
An extra early flat turnip with white skin. One of the 
earliest white varieties. The fine grained white flesh is of 
good quality. 
PURPLE TOP MILAN 40-45 days 
Similar to White Milan except that the skin at the top of 
the root is purple. 
Purple Top White Globe 
EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH (Strap Leaved) 
45-50 days 
An early variety used in the South for home garden and 
local market. The roots are a distinctly flat globe, white in 
color, smooth surface and with small tap root. The flesh is 
white, tender, fine grained and sweet. 
EARLY PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAF 45-48 days 
This flat variety, with white skin and purple around the 
top, was formerly considered the best turnip of this type, 
until the introduction of Purple Top White Globe, which has 
practically supplanted it. 
COWHORN (Long White) 70-75 days 
This long white variety gets its name from its shape. It has 
white skin with a touch of green at the top. It is used princi- 
pally for stock food, but is very palatable while small and 
young. Roots are 9-12 inches long. 
GOLDEN BALL 60-65 days 
An attractive medium size turnip, deep yellow in color and 
round as a ball in shape. The flesh is the same color as the 
skin, fine grained, firm and sweet. It is used for home garden 
and local market. 
YELLOW GLOBE (Amber Globe) 73-76 days 
A fine large, globe-shaped variety, yellow in color with a 
bronze-green top. The flesh is creamy yellow and of good 
quality. It is suitable for table use when young and is also 
used for stock feeding. 
YELLOW ABERDEEN PURPLE TOP 75-80 days 
The roots are 4Y2 to 5 inches in diameter, globular, yellow 
with purplish red shoulders. The flesh is medium yellow and 
firm. Good storage variety, grown for stock and for winter 
table. 
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