. Cadwell & Jones, successors to R. D. Hawley & Co., catalogue for 1895 of seeds and implements. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 46 CAD WELL & JONES DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. TURNIP. fRixbe. One ounce will sow ten square rods, one pound for one Yellow Globe. $ .$ $ For the main crop the old rule is good. " Sow turnips the 25th of July, wet or dry" yet large crops of fine, smooth roots are often grown from seed planted early in August. New land plowed the previous spring
. Cadwell & Jones, successors to R. D. Hawley & Co., catalogue for 1895 of seeds and implements. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 46 CAD WELL & JONES DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. TURNIP. fRixbe. One ounce will sow ten square rods, one pound for one Yellow Globe. $ .$ $ For the main crop the old rule is good. " Sow turnips the 25th of July, wet or dry" yet large crops of fine, smooth roots are often grown from seed planted early in August. New land plowed the previous spring, thoroughly harrowed, and given a liberal dressing of some good com- mercial fertilizer will produce the best crops; sow broadcast, and rake or bush in. For Summer use, sow the early flat varieties as soon as the ground can be worked in the Spring, in drills twelve to fourteen inches apart, cover lightly and thin to six or eight inches apart in the rows. Avoid using fresh manure as it produces rough, scabby, worthless turnips. Extra Farlj Purple Top Milan. This new variety of flat turnips Perpkt. Pei oz. Perib. is the earliest in cultivation. The bulb is of medium size, quite flat and smooth; skin, white, changing to bright purple above the ground; flesh, white and firm; and flavor, mild and sweet, Early White Flat Strap Leaf. A popular early market variety, of good size and quick growth; flesh, white, swTeet and tender; good sort for early spring planting, Early Purple Top Strap Leaf. A very popular kind, more gen- erally cultivated than the other flat varieties, as it is a quick grower and attains a much larger size, which makes it valuable for both Spring and late planting; flesh and skin white, skin changing to purple above the ground; very compact and fine quality, .05 .10 .50 Purple Top Globe. A large globe-shaped Turnip, of good quality, very productive and handsome; flesh, white and tender; skin, white with purple above ground. Good sort for fall use either for table o
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