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TURNIP, PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE
This turnip is bright purple on top and creamy white below. Nearly round, the smooth roots with a white interior grow to 5 inches across. They are best harvested at 2-3 inches. This carefully selected mild, sweet strain will add substance to salads.
Turnips are another vegetable that is a great addition to vegetable gardening due to getting double benefits. Turnip roots are sweet and mild and turnips are grown by some for the very tasty greens. The very tasty, sweet and mild roots are eaten fresh or cooked like potatoes. The greens are even more nutritious and are considered one of best flavors in the greens category. Purple Top White Globes store particularly well.
This long time favorite is the most popular turnip for table use. The white flesh of its root is firm and fine-grained and has a mild, sweet flavor. Most tender when roots are 2 to 2 1/2 inches in diameter. This packet will plant approximately a 200 foot row.
- Days to Germination: 7 - 10
- Days to Harvest: 55
- Bloom Period: 0.5 Days
- Planting Depth: 0.5 Inch
- Plant Spacing: 5 Inches
- Spacing Rows: 18 Inches
- Preserve By: Storage
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS:
Sow directly in garden as early as soil can be worked. Cool weather vegetable. Plant 2 seeds together every 5 inches. Thin to one plant every 5 inches when seedlings are 2 1/2 - 3 inches tall. Sow again in late summer for fall crop.
PLANTING INFO/DIRECTIONS:
Turnip roots become woody if they grow over 3 inches in diameter. To harvest, loosen soil around base of leaves, then grab tops and pull.
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