. Catalogue 1891 : W. R. Strong Company California seeds, trees & nursery stock. Nurseries (Horticulture) California Sacramento Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Trees Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs. 20 W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. Extra Early or Bassano. Turnip-shaded. An improved early kind, small top, round root, sweet and tender, attain a very large size. Bastian's Half-Long Blood. Of bright cclor and excellent quality; a valuable variety to follow. The early sorts for winter use plant about the middle of July. Edmund's Blood Turnip.


. Catalogue 1891 : W. R. Strong Company California seeds, trees & nursery stock. Nurseries (Horticulture) California Sacramento Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Trees Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs. 20 W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. Extra Early or Bassano. Turnip-shaded. An improved early kind, small top, round root, sweet and tender, attain a very large size. Bastian's Half-Long Blood. Of bright cclor and excellent quality; a valuable variety to follow. The early sorts for winter use plant about the middle of July. Edmund's Blood Turnip. See Specialties. Mangel Wurtzel.—(For Field Culture.) 4 to 6 pounds to the aore. Extensively cultivated in all parts of the country as a field crop for feeding stock in the winter. When grown for this purpose, the distance between the rows should be from two to two and a half fees bo that the cultivation oan be done with horse tools instead of with hand-hoes. Norbiton Giant. One of the finest quality in cultivation; grows to an enormous size. Golden Tankard Mangel. Considered indispensable by the best dairymen, owing to its productiveness and richness in saccharine matter. Deep yellow flesh and skin. Egyptian Turnip. A standard sort, being from ten to twelve days earlier than the Blood Turnip. The roots are large in size, and of a rich, deep crimson color. From the smallness of the tops of the Egyptian at least •ne-fourth more can be grown on the same space than any other Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original W. R. Strong Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Sacramento, C. A. : W. R. Strong Company


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