TURNIP—White Fleshed Varieties—Continued 
42 days 
top 
Shogoin 
Roots—About 2 inches 
shaped, white, small. 
Tops—18-20 inches, bright green, quick 
growing, strap leaved. 
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 dam- 
age. 
diameter 
ae = 
Purple Top White Globe 
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 leaves. 
Used for home garden and forcing. 
Snow Ball or Early Six Weeks 
48 days 
Roots—4-5 inches in diameter, deep flat, 
purplish above ground and white below, 
flesh white, fine textured, sweet and 
never stringy. 
Tops—14-18 inches, erect medium green 
and strap leaves. 
A dependable early variety for spring or 
fall planting and used by home or mar- 
ket gardeners. 
Purple Top Strap Leaved 
Purple Top White Globe 57 days 
Roots—5-6 inches in diameter, purple 
across top with pure white underneath. 
White fine grained flesh. Globular shape, 
smooth, flesh white. 
Tops—18-22 inches, dark green. 
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 ex- 
ceedingly productive and uniform. 
Yellow Fleshed Varieties 
Amber Globe 75 days 
Roots—5-6 inches in diameter, globe 
shaped, cream color with a light green 
shoulder, flesh pale yellowish-white, fine 
grained and sweet. 
Tops—Medium large, 
cut-leaved. 
Chiefly grown for stock feed but suitable 
for table use when young. 
green, erect and 
Golden Ball or Orange Jelly 65 days 
Roots—3-4 
shaped, 
yellow, fine grained, 
quality. 
inches in diameter, gilobe- 
exterior orange-yellow, flesh 
solid and good 
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 selec- 
tion at our Trial and Breeding Grounds and by careful isolation and growing in our 
production fields. 
American Purple Top 90 days 
Roots—Diameter 5-6 inches, globe-shaped, 
smooth, deep purplish above ground, 
yellowish below, creamy-yellow flesh, 
good keeper. 
Tops—16-20 inches, erect, medium blue- 
green, cut leaved, medium short neck. 
An old standard high yielding variety of 
fine flavor and good keeping quality. 
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