nearly as productive, but has none of its defects.

LONG YELLOW.

Long Lemon.

Root fusiform, three inches in diameter at the crown, and from, twelve
to fourteen inches in depth. Skin pale yellow, or lemon-color, under
ground; but greenish on the top, or crown, which rises a little above
the surface of the soil. Flesh yellow, the heart paler, and, like that
of the Long Orange, of large size. While young, the roots are delicate,
mild, and well flavored; but, when full grown, valuable only for stock.

The Long Lemon is easily harvested, and is very productive, yielding
nearly the same quantity to the acre as the Long Orange; which variety
it much resembles in its general character, and with which it is
frequently, to a greater or less extent, intermixed.

LONG SURREY.

Long Red. James's Scarlet.

This variety much resembles the Long Orange: the roots, however, are
more slender, the heart is smaller, and the color deeper.

"It is popular in some parts of England, and is extensively grown over
the Continent."

LONG WHITE.

Common White.

Root produced entirely below ground, regularly fusiform, fifteen inches
long, by about three inches in its largest diameter. Skin white, stained
with russet-brown. Flesh white, and generally considered sweeter than
that of the colored varieties.

The Common White has been but little cultivated since the introduction
of the White Belgian; a variety much more productive, though perhaps not
superior either in flavor, or fineness of texture.

NEW INTERMEDIATE.

[Illustration: New Intermediate.]

An English variety, comparatively of recent introduction. Root broadest
at the crown, and thence tapering very regularly to a point. Size full
medium; well-grown specimens measuring nearly three inches in diameter
at the broadest part, and about one foot in length. Skin bright
orange-red. Flesh orange-yellow, fine-grained, sweet, well flavored,
and, while young, excellent for table use.

Very hardy, and also very productive; yielding, according to the best
English authority, a greater weight per acre than any other
yellow-fleshed variety.

PURPLE OR BLOOD RED.

Violette. _Vil._

Root fusiform, and very slender, fourteen inches in length, by two
inches and a half in diameter at the top or broadest part. Skin deep
purple, varying to some extent in depth of shade, but generally very
dark. Flesh purple at the outer part of the root, and yellow at the
centre or heart; fi