White Egg Turnip
A new, quick-growing variety, perfectly smooth, and nearly egg-shaped. In color, it is pure white; of extraordinary firmness and solidity. Grows about half out of ground, has small top and rough leaves. It is particularly adapted for fall market purposes, as it does not require washing, the skin being so smooth and white, and it is of such quick growth that good-sized turnips can be had early in the season. The flesh is very sweet, firm, and mild, never having the rank, strong taste of some varieties.
Originally listed in: 1881 D.M. Ferry Catalog
A new, quick-growing variety, perfectly smooth, and nearly egg-shaped. In color, it is pure white; of extraordinary firmness and solidity. Grows about half out of ground, has small top and rough leaves. It is particularly adapted for fall market purposes, as it does not require washing, the skin being so smooth and white, and it is of such quick growth that good-sized turnips can be had early in the season. The flesh is very sweet, firm, and mild, never having the rank, strong taste of some varieties.
Originally listed in: 1881 D.M. Ferry Catalog
White Egg Turnip
Of handsome oval form, with thin white skin. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ¼ lb., 25c; lb., 75c
Originally listed in: Burpee's Annual for 1916
Of handsome oval form, with thin white skin. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ¼ lb., 25c; lb., 75c
Originally listed in: Burpee's Annual for 1916
White Egg Turnip
Six hundred bushels of this fine turnip have been raised to the acre as a second crop, bringing the market gardener who raised them two hundred dollars. Several years ago I experimented with every variety of the early turnips found in the catalogue of the most extensive seed growers of England to determine whether this turnip claimed to be a new American variety really was such. After a careful comparison with all these foreign varieties I am satisfied that it is a new variety as distinct from any of the sorts tested as they are from each other. It is perfectly smooth, of a pure, clear white, growing half out of ground, and at times to the size of a rutabaga; being a very choice kind for table use, of excellent flavor, sweet and mild. It pulls clean from the ground, and with its thin, snow-white skin looks almost as attractive as would a basket of huge eggs. It is a first rate keeper for winter use. Comes to size for use just after Early Red Top. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; ¼ lb., 30c; ½ lb., 45c; lb., mail, 80c.
Originally listed in: James J.H. Gregory's 1885 Retail Catalogue
Six hundred bushels of this fine turnip have been raised to the acre as a second crop, bringing the market gardener who raised them two hundred dollars. Several years ago I experimented with every variety of the early turnips found in the catalogue of the most extensive seed growers of England to determine whether this turnip claimed to be a new American variety really was such. After a careful comparison with all these foreign varieties I am satisfied that it is a new variety as distinct from any of the sorts tested as they are from each other. It is perfectly smooth, of a pure, clear white, growing half out of ground, and at times to the size of a rutabaga; being a very choice kind for table use, of excellent flavor, sweet and mild. It pulls clean from the ground, and with its thin, snow-white skin looks almost as attractive as would a basket of huge eggs. It is a first rate keeper for winter use. Comes to size for use just after Early Red Top. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; ¼ lb., 30c; ½ lb., 45c; lb., mail, 80c.
Originally listed in: James J.H. Gregory's 1885 Retail Catalogue
White Egg Turnip
A quick-growing Fall variety of great value. The flesh is fine-grained and mild-flavored. The bulb uniformly egg-shaped, very smooth, and of a delicate pure white; Pkt., 05c.; oz., 10c.; ¼ lb., 15c.; lb., 50c.
Originally listed in: R.H. Allen Company 1888 Catalog
A quick-growing Fall variety of great value. The flesh is fine-grained and mild-flavored. The bulb uniformly egg-shaped, very smooth, and of a delicate pure white; Pkt., 05c.; oz., 10c.; ¼ lb., 15c.; lb., 50c.
Originally listed in: R.H. Allen Company 1888 Catalog