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YELLOW VARIETIES:— 
Danvers Yellow Globe — Productive, early, standard | 
yellow variety. Bulbs are round, medium large, I 
small necked, with deep yellow skin and white}, 
flesh. Quality and flavor are good. A good keeper. | 
100 days. 
Early Grano (Babosa) — Round top-shaped, heavy-- 
yielding shipping variety. Bulbs are large, keep) 
well, firm, good quality. Skin is tough, deep yellow; | 
flesh is white. 100 days. 
Southport Yellow Globe — Standard late shipping) 
variety. Quality is uniformly high. Bulbs are large, 
globular, orange yellow. 115 days. 
Yellow Bermuda (Excel Strain) — Used mostly in) 
southern areas for early bulbs and for plants. Flavor! 
is mild and pleasant. Bulbs are flat, medium size, 
thin-skinned, straw color. 90 days. 
Yellow Prizetaker—Popular market and home gar-) 
den type. Bulbs are round, large, yellowish brown. 
Flesh is of good quality and flavor. 110 days. 
Yellow Sweet Spanish (Utah Strain) — An excellent ( 
shipping and market type. Good slicer. Large, mild, | 
attractive. Only a fair keeper. Bulbs are large, ; 
round, light yellow, white fleshed. 120 days. | 
RED VARIETIES:— 
Red Wethersfield — Old standard type for growing! 
sets and for bulbs in home garden. Keeps well, but’ 
strong-flavored. Bulbs are large, purple-red, white-! 
fleshed. Shape is thick-flat. 110 days. ’ 
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Red Bermuda — Used in home gardens and early | 
market. Produces pale red, waxy bulbs with pink-. 
ish-white flesh. Bulbs are flat, solid, early matur-, 
ing. 90 days. 
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Southport Red Globe — Late - maturing, heavy - 
yielding standard red variety. Bulbs are round, 
dark-red, white-fleshed. Keep well, and are of good: 
quality and flavor. 115 days. 
PARSNIP 
CULTURE: Sow seeds early in the Spring in rows 
18 to 24 inches apart. After plants are well up,’ 
thin out in the row to 5 or 6 inches apart. Seed’! 
should be covered about ™% inch deep and kept 
moist until emerged. Parsnip is slow growing, and’ 
needs well -cultivated, rich, sandy soil for best’ 
production. 
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Hollow Crown — Standard home and market garden 
variety with long, smooth, straight roots about 12! 
inches long by 2% inches thick at the shoulder, 
tanered white-fleshed, and of good quality. 115 
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