IMPERATOR (TENDERSWEET) ‘acavniatsysection? § Silver Medal 1935 
77 days 
Tops: 14-16” refined top, small collar and moderately strong top. 
Roots: 8-9 x 144-142”, rounded top, uniform and slightly tapering with 
abrupt tapering tip, dark orange skin, dark orange cortex and small 
dark orange core. A coreless, excellent colored, fine grained variety 
developed primarily for shipping trade. 
IMPERATOR, LONG STRAIN... ..— _.— ssi) (ss days 
Tops: 14-16”. Same as regular IMPERATOR. 
Roots: 9-11 x 144-11", Similar to regular IMPERATOR. This variety pos- 
sesses all the good characters of regular IMPERATOR, differing only in 
length of root. Variety developed for bunching and dehydrating by 
growers on the Pacific Coast. 
IMPROVED LONG ORANGE (ST. VALERY) . .  . .. 85-88 days 
Tops: 18-20" tall, dense foliage with medium to large collar and strong top. 
Roots: 9-12 x 142-134” rounded shoulder with no sunken crowns, uni- 
formly, slightly tapered through entire length. Dark orange skin, dark 
cortex, with distinct dark core. An old standard variety for winter 
storage and bunching; also used for stock feed. 
MORSE’S BUNCHING Gold Medal 1934 . 77 days 
Tops: 12-14”, moderately dense foliage, medium to small collar, strong 
tops. 
Roots: 742-82 x 1%-1'%2", rounded shoulder, uniformly, slightly taper- 
ing with a definite stump tip. Skin bright orange, cortex and small 
core are good orange. Variety desirable for freezing and very produc- 
tive in the North. 
DANVERS HALF LONG 
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