. Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds & Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 39 TURNIP. German, Steckrube. âFrench, Navet. âSpanish, Nabo Comun. Turnips may be sown at all seasons from April to August in our climate, although those will be the bes>t which are sown very early in spring for summer crop, and early in August for a fall and winter crop. A light soil well manured the previous year is the best; no manure should be applied at the time of sowing, unles
. Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds & Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 39 TURNIP. German, Steckrube. âFrench, Navet. âSpanish, Nabo Comun. Turnips may be sown at all seasons from April to August in our climate, although those will be the bes>t which are sown very early in spring for summer crop, and early in August for a fall and winter crop. A light soil well manured the previous year is the best; no manure should be applied at the time of sowing, unless It be well-decomposed compost, or the roots would be liable to be bad-flavored. The ground should be dug and ploughed deep and made mellow and fine. Sow the seed of the flat sorts broadcast, and rake in evenly After they are well up, thin to six or eight inches apart, and keep them clear from weeds. The Ruta Baga sorts should be sown in drills fifteen inches apart, and for winter use may be sown from the twentieth of June to the middle of July, on land that has been well manured for other crops in spring; thin out as for the early crop One ounce will sow 150-feet drill. Two pounds -will sow otie acre in drills. One pound will sow one acre broadcast. Purple-Top Milan, the earliest of the flat Redtop Turnips, small strapped leaves, white, sweet, tender flesh Redtop Strap Leaf, the best of the flat Turnips. Equally valuable for early or late crops ..... White-Top Strap Leaf, similar to the preceding, but not so popular ......... White Egg, a handsome egg-shaped white variety; grows large ... ....=.. White Norfolk, one of the best late varieties for stock . Long White or Cow Horn, flesh white, fine graded and sweet, and of excellent quality ..... Purple-Top White Globe, a round handsome turnip of superior quality, either for the table or stock . Yellow Stone or Globe, of medium size, excellent flavor, and a good keeper; flesh yellow, Golden Ball, a small, golden-yellow flesh va
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