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ESCULENT ROOTS.
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 produc-
tive, 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 exten-
sively 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 con-
sidered sweeter than that of the colored varieties.
The Common White has been but little culti-
vated since the introduction of the White Belgian ;
a variety much more productive, though perhaps
not superior either in flavor, or fineness of texture.
New Interme-
diate.
New Intermediate.
An English variety, comparatively of recent in-