. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list : 1898. Nursery stock, California, San Francisco, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs. Yellow, or Amber-Globe. Ruta Bagas, or Swedes. Ruta Bagas are larger and coarser in flesh than Turnips, but yield more weight per acre, and are richer and more nutritious, and for these reasons pre- ferred for stock feeding, for which they are very profitable. They are also used on the table. They yield best in a rich, strong soil. PURPLE=TOP SWEDE, or YELLOW RUTA BAG A .—A large variety, gro
. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list : 1898. Nursery stock, California, San Francisco, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs. Yellow, or Amber-Globe. Ruta Bagas, or Swedes. Ruta Bagas are larger and coarser in flesh than Turnips, but yield more weight per acre, and are richer and more nutritious, and for these reasons pre- ferred for stock feeding, for which they are very profitable. They are also used on the table. They yield best in a rich, strong soil. PURPLE=TOP SWEDE, or YELLOW RUTA BAG A .—A large variety, growing much aboveground; is hardy, and should be sown as early as the ground can be prepared; ashy purple on top, yellow underneath. A large cropper and good keeper. MONARCH. —This is a tankard-shaped sort; color purplish-crimson above- ground, yellow below. The flesh is of a rich yellow, fine grained, and of the best quality. The roots grow much aboveground, making them easier to har- vest than most globe-shaped varieties. CHAMPION PURPLE=TOP YELLOW RUTA BAGA.—An improved variety of the Yellow Purple-Top; oval in form; very large, hardy and productive; flesh deep yellow, sweet, and nutritious. Keeps well. One of the best. SKIRVING'S PURPLE=TOP YELLOW RUTA BAGA.—A variety closely resembling the Champion, grows to a very large size, and is of excellent quality; flesh very firm. Easily kept all winter. LAING'S YELLOW PURPLE=TOP RUTA BAGA.—Grows large; quite early; good keeper; strap-leaved, good for table or stock. BANGHOLn YELLOW RUTA BAGA.— A smooth, handsome, large variety, introduced from England, where it is much prized for its many good qualities. Superior for stock, and, on account of its flesh, better for the table than some others. SWEET RUSSIAN, or WHITE RUTA BAGA.—The only white-fleshed Ruta Baga in general cultivation; is hardy, easily grown, large, and yields as heavy a crop as the best ^ r» yellow kinds; flesh fine-grained and solid, but Yellow Purple-T
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