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TURNIP 
For summer greens or roots sow early in drills 12-15” apart for hand cultwation; 
24” apart for horse cultivation, and press the soil down fuwmly. Thin out when the 
plants have grown to about 1” high. Sow again in the summer for fall and winter use. 
Amber Globe: 75 days. A stock feed variety 
or for table when young. Root globe-shaped, 
yellow with green shoulder; flesh yellowish- 
white. 
Broccoli Rab (Italian Turnip): Grown for 
and tender flower shoots used as greens. 
Cow Horn: 70 days. Root white, 9”-10” long. 
A good variety for table or stock. 
Pomeranian White Globe: 75 days. Grown 
largely in the South. Root large, globe-shaped, 
slightly flattened, white, smooth and firm. 
tops 
Purple Top Milan: 45 days. Very early. Strap- 
leaved, with flat root of fine quality. 
Purple Top Strap Leaf: 45 days. Tops medium, 
upright, and compact. Root flat, purple-red 
above, white below; fine grained and tender. 
Purple Top White Globe: 55 days. For market 
garden, shipping or home. Large, dark green, 
cut-leaved tops. Root purple-red above, white 
below, with white, sweet, tender flesh. 
Seven Top: Grown for greens and forage. Root 
tough and inedible. 
Shogoin: Tops make excellent greens in 30 days; 
root is crisp and tender in 40 days. Root semi- 
globular, white inside and out. 
White Egg: 60 days. Medium, cut-leaved tops. 
White, egg-shaped roots 3” long. 
White Flat Dutch: 45 days. An early Asgrow 
strain of this white variety. 
Yellow Aberdeen, Purple Top: 80 days. A yel- 
low-fleshed sort, of fine flavor and excellent 
keeping quality for winter use. 
WATERMELON 
Watermelons are grown like cantaloupes but require more room. The best results are 
only to be expected from seed carefully selected by expert growers. 
Blacklee: 95 days. Vines vigorous, resistant to 
Fusarium wilt. Fruits somewhat thicker and 
shorter than Tom Watson. Flesh bright red, of 
fine quality. 
Cole’s Early: 75 days. Grown in the North- 
east. Medium sized, short, oval fruits; rind 
striped. 
Congo (new): 90 days. Resistant to anthracnose. 
Medium long. Rind tough, dark with darker 
markings. 
Dixie Queen: 85 days. More round than oval, 
30-40 Ib., light green with dark stripes. Crisp, 
sweet red flesh. A good shipper. 
Early Kansas: 80 days. Early and_ prolific. 
Nearly round, light green. Flesh bright red. 
Florida Giant (Cannonball): 95 days. Dark 
green globular shape, very large, about 40 Ib. 
Deep red flesh. Now the most popular variety. 
Kleckley’s Sweet (Wondermelon): 85 days. The 
finest flavored long melon. Flesh deep red. Thin 
rind limits shipping. (Shown above.) 
Klondike, Dark Green No. 3: 80 days. A leading 
variety in California. Oblong; very sweet. 
Stone Mountain: 90 days. Widely known and 
deservedly popular. Very large round-oval and 
green, with scarlet flesh of exceptional quality. 
Tom Watson: 95 days. A famous shipping va- 
riety with tough, elastic rind. Dark green, long 
and large, 40-50 lb., deep red, firm flesh. 
