is served at table in the same manner.

LONG WHITE MALTESE.

Long White Clairfontaine. _Vil._

Roots eight or nine inches in length, an inch and a half in diameter,
somewhat fusiform, and very smooth and symmetrical. The crown rises two
or three inches above the surface of the ground, and is of a green
color, except where exposed to the sun, when it often becomes purple or
reddish-brown. Below the surface of the soil, the skin is of a dull or
dirty white. Flesh white, moderately fine, tender, and of a sugary
flavor. Half early.

The variety has some resemblance to the Cow-horn; but is smaller, and
the flesh not so white.

PETROSOWOODSKS.

Bulb of medium size, flattened,--comparatively smooth and regular;
tap-root very slender, issuing from a basin; skin blackish-purple above
and below ground, sometimes changing to yellow about the tap-root of
large or overgrown bulbs; flesh yellow, fine-grained, and tender, if
grown in cool weather, but liable to be fibrous and strong-flavored when
grown during the summer months. The variety is early, and must be
classed as a garden rather than as a field turnip.

POMERANIAN GLOBE.

Bulb globular, remarkably smooth and regular; the neck is small, and the
skin white, smooth, and glossy; the flesh is white, close-grained,
tender, and sweet; the leaves are large, and of a dark-green color, with
paler or whitish nerves. Half early.

When in perfection, the bulbs measure three and a half or four inches in
diameter, about the same in depth, and weigh from fourteen to eighteen
ounces. If sown early in good soil, and allowed the full season for
development, the roots sometimes attain a weight of eight or ten pounds.
It is generally cultivated as a field turnip, but is also sown as a
garden variety; the roots being of good quality for the table, if pulled
when about half grown.

PRESTON, OR LIVERPOOL YELLOW. _Law._

An early sort, somewhat resembling the Yellow Malta: the bulbs attain a
larger size, the foliage is stronger, and the basin, or depression,
about the tap-root less deeply sunk.

PURPLE-TOP FLAT.

Red-top Flat.

Bulb round, flattened, nearly one-half growing above ground; neck and
tap-root small; skin reddish-purple where exposed to light and air, and
white below the surface of the soil; flesh very white, close-grained
while young, and of a sugary but often bitter taste. During winter, it
usually becomes dry and spongy. Average specimens measure two and a