ow the surface of the ground,
greenish above. Field-grown specimens sometimes weigh three pounds and
upwards.

SMALL LONG YELLOW.

Leaves very small, and spreading; root generally entirely under ground,
small, and of an oblong or carrot shape, terminating abruptly at the
point; skin pale yellow; flesh yellow, firm, dry, and sugary, with some
degree of piquancy. It is a good variety for the table, and also a good
keeper.

SNOW-BALL.

Navet Boule de Neige. _Vil._

The bulb of this variety is nearly spherical, very smooth and regular;
size medium,--the average dimensions being four inches in diameter, four
and a half in depth, and the weight about a pound. The neck is small,
and the skin white. The flesh of the young bulbs is white, fine-grained,
tender, and sugary; but, if overgrown or long kept, it is liable to
become dry and spongy.

The variety is early, and, though classed by seedsmen as a garden
turnip, is well adapted for field culture; as it not only yields
abundantly, but succeeds well when sown late in the season on land from
which early crops have been harvested.

STONE GLOBE.

Bulb globular, and regularly formed, growing mostly beneath the surface
of the ground. It belongs to the White-globe varieties, and is
considered the hardiest and the best suited for winter use of any of its
class. The leaves are larger, stronger, and deeper colored, than any of
the White-globe sorts.

Skin and flesh white; texture moderately close; flavor sweet, and its
keeping properties good; size rather large.

TELTOW, OR SMALL BERLIN.

Teltau.

This is said to be the smallest of turnips; its leaves not exceeding in
number those of the radish. The root is fusiform or spindle-shaped, not
very regular, and produced entirely under ground; skin dusky white;
flesh dry, dull white, very fine-grained, piquant, and sugary; leaves
erect, yellowish-green. Early. The roots measure three inches long by
about an inch and three-fourths at their largest diameter, and weigh
from three to four ounces.

The Teltow Turnip is much esteemed on account of its excellent
qualities, and is one of the best early garden varieties.

According to Loudon, it is in high repute in France, Germany, and
Holland; and is grown in the sandy fields around Berlin, and also near
Altona, whence it is imported to the London market. It is, or was, grown
in immense quantities in the neighborhood of Moscow.

The peculiar flavor is in the outer rind.