Turnip, Yellow Aberdeen or Amber Globe 
e YELLOW ABERDEEN OR 
AMBER GLOBE 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
Uses: 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. 
Turnips, Extra Early Milan: 
e 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. 
Richmond, Virginia 
e 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 3!/ inches in diameter, flat and 
smooth, with small tap-root, upper part purplish 
red, bottom white. Flesh white. 
Turnips, Seven-Top or Winter Greens 
e SEVEN-TOP OR WINTER GREENS 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Considered a 
standard for greens. 
Root: Not edible, as it is very tough. 
e PURPLE-TOP STRAP LEAF 
(Days to Maturity. 45) 
Uses: Home and market ‘gardens. For spring 
and fall planting. Adapted to freezing. 
Tops: Medium small, erect, compact and slender 
strap leaf. 
Root: 3 inches or more in diameter, uniform, 
deep, flat, purplish red above ground and white 
below, smooth, small tap-root. White, fine-textured 
flesh. 
e POMERANIAN WHITE GLOBE 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
Uses: Very similar to Norfolk White Globe. 
Adapted for table use when young. Used widely as 
stock feed. 
RUTABAGA 
CULTURE: The culture for Rutabaga is the same as 
for other turnips except that the seed is generally 
sown later. 
e AMERICAN PURPLE-TOP 
YELLOW 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Also used for 
shipping and storage. Keeps well. 
Root: Large, globular, small crown, yellow with 
purple tops. Tender, fine-textured flesh, light yellow 
in color. 
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