Description
Purple Top White Globe has remained America’s most popular turnip variety for over 140 years, and for good reason.
This reliable heirloom produces smooth, globe-shaped roots with distinctive two-tone coloring: creamy white below the soil line and vibrant purple above. The mild, fine-grained white flesh offers a sweet flavor that improves with cool weather and frost, making these turnips perfect for both spring and fall gardens.
As a true dual-purpose crop, Purple Top White Globe provides two harvests from a single planting.
The large, lobed leaves can be harvested as nutritious cooking greens while young roots are developing, or you can wait to harvest mature roots for roasting, mashing, or adding to soups and stews.
Small turnips harvested at 2 to 3 inches diameter taste sweetest and most tender, though the variety retains good quality even at larger sizes.
This vigorous grower adapts well to various growing conditions and excels as a cool-season crop.
The roots store exceptionally well for months when properly cured, making Purple Top White Globe an excellent choice for gardeners seeking fresh vegetables through winter.
Fast-maturing and productive, this variety is equally suitable for containers, raised beds, or traditional garden rows.
Purple Top White Globe Turnip Details
- Lifespan: Annual (biennial if left to overwinter for seed production)
- Seed count: Approx. 160 seeds
- Seed type: Heirloom/Open-Pollinated
- Mature size: Height 12-16 inches (foliage), Root 3-4 inches diameter
- Root shape: Globe-shaped
- Root color: Purple top, white bottom
- Sun: Full sun to part shade
- Days to germination: 4-14 days
- Days to harvest: 50-60 days (30-40 days for greens only)
Growing Instructions for Purple Top White Globe Turnips
Direct sow Purple Top White Globe turnip seeds outdoors 3 weeks before the last spring frost for a spring crop, or in late summer for fall and winter harvests. Plant seeds one-half inch deep in rich, well-worked soil, spacing rows 12 to 18 inches apart. Thin seedlings to 4 to 6 inches apart when they reach 2 inches tall. Turnips prefer cool growing conditions and full sun but tolerate part shade. They grow best in soil temperatures between 45 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ready to grow Purple Top White Globe Turnip in your own garden?
Add this time-tested heirloom to your garden and enjoy sweet roots and nutritious greens from a single easy-to-grow crop.
Purple Top White Globe turnips provide reliable harvests, excellent storage quality, and the classic turnip flavor that has satisfied gardeners for generations.
Order your seeds today and discover why this variety has remained America’s favorite for over 140 years.
Terms of Sale
You will receive a minimum of 500 mg of seed, approximately 150-160 seeds, as well as instructions for growing.
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