TURNIP—White Fleshed Varieties—Continued 
Shogoin or Japanese Foliage 42 days 
Roots—3 to 4 inches in diameter, oval to 
round, snowy white skin; flesh white, 
mild and tender. 
Tops—18 to 20 inches tall, bright green, 
strap-leaved, upright, tender and fine 
flavored. 
A quick growing, dual purpose variety, 
very popular in the South where it is 
used both for its high quality roots and 
also its tops which are delicious as 
greens. Foliage resistant to aphid 
damage. 
Purple Top White Globe 
Snow Ball or Early Six Weeks 
50 days | 
Roots—3 inches in diameter, round to deep | 
globe, smooth, pure white skin, flesh | 
white, juicy and fine grained. 
Tops—small, erect, medium yellow-green | 
and cut leaved. 
Used for home garden and forcing. 
Purple Top Strap Leaved 48 days 
Roots—4 to 5 inches in diameter, deep flat, 
purplish above ground and white below, 
flesh white, fine textured, sweet and 
never stringy. 
Tops—erect, medium green and _ strap 
leaved. 
A dependable early variety for spring or 
fall planting and used by home or mar- 
ket gardeners. 
Purple Top White Globe 57 days 
Roots—4 to 5 inches in diameter, round, 
intense reddish-purple top half with pure 
white lower half, flesh is pure white, 
fine grained, tender and sweet flavored. 
Tops—erect, medium large, dark green and 
cut-leaved. 
The outstanding Turnip for home, market 
garden and shipping. Through years of 
extensive selection work we have devel- 
oped a very superior strain that is 
exceedingly productive and uniform. 
Yellow Fleshed Varieties 
Amber Globe 75 days 
Roots—5 to 6 inches in diameter, globe 
shaped, cream color with a green shoul- 
der, flesh pale yellowish-white, fine 
grained and sweet. 
Tops—medium large, green, erect and cut- 
leaved. 
Chiefly grown for stock feed but suitable 
for table use when young. 
Golden Ball or Orange Jelly 65 days 
Roots—3 to 4 inches in diameter, globe | 
shaped, exterior orange-yellow, flesh 
yellow, fine grained and good quality. 
Tops—small and cut leaved. 
A good keeper, popular for home and 
market garden. 
RUTABAGA 
Our stocks are kept uniform, true to type and productive by years of seed stock 
selection work at our Trial and Breeding Grounds and by careful isolation and growing 
of our production fields. 
American Purple Top 90 days 
Roots—5 to 6 inches in diameter, globe to 
top shaped, skin buff with deep purp- 
lish red above ground, flesh creamy- 
yellow, firm and of good flavor. 
Tops—large, vigorous, blue-green and cut 
leaved. 
An old standard high yielding variety of 
fine flavor and good keeping quality. 
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Laurentian 92 days 
Roots—5 to 5% inches in diameter, globe- 
shaped, skin buff, dark purplish-red 
above the ground, flesh very light yel- 
low, fine grained and excellent flavor. 
Tops—medium, vigorous and blue green. 
Very little neck. 
An outstanding variety of Rutabaga, 
smoother, more refined roots than Amer- 
ican Purple Top. The short neck and 
smooth roots make it very desirable for 
storage, shipping or canning. 
