@ MARGLOBE, CERTIFIED 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
Uses: All-purpose variety. Used widely by 
gardeners, shippers and canners. 
VinEs: Vigorous, erect, medium green, heavy 
foliage that shades fruit well. 
Fruit: Deep scarlet color, globe shape, smooth 
thick walls, solid. 
@ PONDEROSA 
(Days to Maturity, 86) 
Uses: Home gardens. 
Fruit: Purplish pink, extremely large, flat, very 
solid, somewhat irregular, with very few 
seeds, 
@ STONE 
(Days to Maturity, 85) 
Uses: Home and market gardens and canning. 
VinEs: Vigorous, long vines protect fruit well. 
Fruit: Scarlet-red, large, flat, smooth, uniform 
in ripening. 
@ STOKESDALE 
(Days to Maturity, 70) 
Uses: Shipping and market gardens. 
Vines: Medium heavy foliage, moderately 
spreading. 
Fruit: Medium large, smooth, almost globe 
shape, solid flesh, bright scarlet through- 
out. 
Turnips 
CULTURE: Sow in drills 12 to 18 inches apart. 
Cover seed 1% inch and thin to 4 to 6 inches in the 
row. Cultivate frequently. For winter crop sow in 
July and August, in drills or broadcast. One ounce 
will plant about 150 feet of drill; 1 pound per acre 
in drills or 2 pounds broadcast. Sow the salad 
varieties in August or September. 
Turnip, Purple-Top White Globe 
Richmond, Virginia 
@ PURPLE-TOP WHITE GLOBE 
(Days to Maturity, 55) 
Users: This is the leading variety, adaptable for 
every use. Widely planted in home and 
market gardens, for shipping and storing. 
Suitable for freezing. 
Tops: Medium large, dark green, erect, compact. 
Root: 4 to 5 inches in diameter, globe shape, 
bright purple at top and white below, 
clean and smooth, with small tap-root. 
Flesh is white and of very good quality. 
®@ YELLOW ABERDEEN OR AMBER 
GLOBE 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
Usrs: Usually grown for stock feed, but suitable 
for table use. 
Tops: Large, medium light green, cut leaved. 
Root: 5 to 6 inches in diameter, round, smooth 
skin, yellow except the top portion which 
is Shaded with green. Flesh light yellow. 
®EXTRA EARLY MILAN 
(Days to Maturity, 40) 
Uses: Very early. Widely used for market 
gardens. 
Tops: Small, erect, strap leaved. 
Root: 3 to 3% inches in diameter, flat, smooth, 
with a slender tap-root, entirely white. 
Flesh is fine textured. 
@ NORFOLK WHITE GLOBE 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
Uses: Widely used for stock feed but also good 
for table use when young. A heavy 
producer. 
Tops: Large, broad, coarse leaves. Upright, 
medium green in color. 
Root: 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Globular shape; 
large tap root, entirely white. Flesh is 
fine texture. 
@ EXTRA EARLY PURPLE-TOP 
MILAN 
(Days to Maturity, 40) 
Uses: One of the earliest varieties. Used widely 
in home and market gardens. 
Tops: Small, upright, strap leaved. 
Root: 3 to 31% inches in diameter, flat and 
smooth, with small tap-root, upper part 
purplish red, bottom white. Flesh white. 
@ SEVEN-TOP OR WINTER GREENS 
Usrs: Home and market gardens. Considered a 
standard for greens. 
Root: Not edible, as it is very tough. 
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