TURNIP 
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Purple Top Strap Leaf — Early, productive, flat 
type for home gardener and market. Tops are small 
and compact. Roots are deep flat, about 3 inches 
in diameter, upper-half purple and lower-half white. 
coma is very good; flesh is white and fine. 45 
ays. 
Purple Top White Globe — Standard table turnip 
for all-purpose production. Our strain is early and 
uniform. Quality is excellent. Tops are erect, large, 
dark green, and cut leaved. Roots are round, smooth, 
upper-half purple and lower-half white, about 4 
inches in diameter. Flesh is fine-grained, white, and 
crisp. 58 days. 
Seventop — Grown mainly for greens in the South. 
Doesn't produce an edible tuber. Grows rapidly, is 
hardy and stands thru southern winters without 
EP OEFHON: Leaves are tender and abundant. 45 
ays. 
Shogoin — A Japanese foliage turnip which pro- 
duces edible roots as well as fine tops for greens, 
making it very popular with Southern gardeners. 
Tops are about 20 inches tall, tender, light green, 
and strap-leaved. Roots are white, oval, smooth, 
about 4 inches thru. Flesh is crisp and white, well- 
flavored. 45 days. ' 
RUTABAGA 
CULTURE: Same as for Turnips but must be sown 
earlier. 
VARIETIES:— 
American Yellow Purple Top — Standard variety 
with home gardeners. Yields well and stores well 
after harvest. Tops are large and vigorous, deeply 
cut. Roots are almost round, about 6 inches across, 
upper-half deep purple and lower-half yellow. Flesh 
is pale yellow, firm, well-flavored. 90 days. 
Golden Neckless — Similar to American Purple Top 
but smaller, earlier, and more uniform in quality. 
Roots have Httle or no neck, measure 4 to 5 inches 
across, with purple crowns and buff bottoms. Flesh 
is golden, fine-grained, and sweet. 85 days. 
WATERMELON 
CULTURE: A light, well drained soil produces the 
best melons. Most varieties will not produce satis- 
factorily in heavy clay soils. After the ground has 
warmed up in the Spring, plant in hills 6 to 8 feet 
apart each way, and thin out to two plants per hill 
after the vines are established. Melons should be 
well-fertilized, and rotted manure worked into each 
hill or liquid manure applied during growth works 
best. 
- VARIETIES:— 
Blacklee, Wilt Resistant — Good shipping type, 
with tough rind and attractive appearance. Melon 
is nearly oval, smooth and symmetrical, with green- 
ish-black rind. Black seeded. Flesh is bright red, 
crisp and solid, very sweet. Weight is about 30 
pounds. 85 days. 
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