, and exposed to the sun,
is washed with green. It is of medium size, early, tender, rather
close-grained, and sugary; better suited for use in summer and autumn
than for winter. By some, the variety is esteemed the best of the yellow
garden turnips.

FINLAND. _Law._

Yellow Finland.

[Illustration: Finland Turnip.]

This is a beautiful, medium-sized turnip, of a bright yellow throughout,
even to the neck; somewhat similar to a firm Yellow Malta, but of finer
color. The under part of the bulb is singularly depressed: from this
depression issues a small, mousetail-like root. It is somewhat
earlier, and also hardier, than the Yellow Malta.

The flesh is tender, close-grained, and of a sweet, sugary flavor; the
leaves are small, and few in number; bulb about two inches in thickness
by four inches in diameter, weighing eight or ten ounces. An excellent
garden variety.

FRENEUSE.

Root produced within the earth,--long, tapering, and rather symmetrical;
size small,--average specimens measuring five or six inches in length,
an inch and a half in diameter at the crown, and weighing eight or ten
ounces; skin white, or yellowish-white; flesh white, dry, very firm, and
sugary; leaves small, deep green, spreading. Half early, and one of the
best of the dry-fleshed varieties.

GOLDEN BALL. _M'Int._ _Vil._

Yellow Globe.

[Illustration: Golden Ball.]

Bulb produced mostly within the earth, nearly globular, and very smooth
and symmetrical; skin bright yellow below ground, greenish above; leaves
comparatively small, spreading; flesh pale yellow, sweet, and well
flavored, but not so fine-grained as that of many other varieties. It is
a good table turnip; and with the Robertson's Golden Stone, which it
greatly resembles, the most valuable for cultivation, where large-sized
garden turnips are required. Its size is about that of the last named.
Average specimens measure four inches in diameter, nearly the same in
depth, and weigh from twelve to fourteen ounces.

GREEN GLOBE. _Law._

Green-top White Globe.

Roots of a fine, globular shape, with a small neck and tap-root; very
white below, and green above, the surface of the ground; of medium size,
hardy, and firm in texture, but scarcely so much so as the Green Round;
than which it arrives at maturity rather earlier. It is somewhat larger
than the White Norfolk; has large, deep-green foliage; grows strongly;
and produces extraordinary crops: but it soon becomes s