Show r I 1 TURNIP RAPE SEE SEED D two hundred thousand pounds of turnip rape seed or enough to sow approximately acres have been imported from I 1 argentina and japan and are eing aing sold as winter rape tho seed specialists of the U S ue de apartment part ment of agriculture there fore are again cautioning farm farin ers era to avoid the purchase and seeding of turnip rape which is ia not winter rape and is not suitable for the forage purposes for which winter rape is grown the seeds of turnip rape are smaller and have a more deeply pitted surface than those of winter rape the young plants are easily distinguished by the difference in habit of growth and the character and color of the leaves winter rape produces a definite stem with the leaves occurring I 1 burring I 1 along it at intervals intervale turnip rape does not produce a definite stem the leaves all grow ing in an apparent whorl at the surface of the ground the leaves of winter rape are and succulent free from hairs hair s and covered with a greyish grayish bloom the leaves of turnip zape rape are thin hairy and bright green li like those of the garden turnip persons purchasing rape seed may submit samples to the seed laboratory U S department of agriculture washington D C for determination as to whether the seed is that of the turnip rape or winter rape samples of both turnip rape and winter rape crape seed for comparison vill be sent on application to the seed laboratory |