Turnip

“BSI it's a creepy synchronicity, actually, in that Chester happens to be my human name, and I've performed (20+years ago) under the alias Turnip Druid.”

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“Cabbage by the little hard beetle known as the Turnip-gall Weevil,”

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition

“Ruta-baga_, or Swedish Turnip, which is only a variety of this species.”

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.

“It will be seen, then, that the character of my constituency varied in a perplexing manner, and while I could usually depend upon what I may call the Turnip interest, I could not always count with absolute certainty on the whole-hearted support of the Fish or Hides-and-Tallow.”

The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton

“Then, when young "Turnip" arrives in Tahiti, it is to fall in love with a dusky maiden, who betrays him for another.”

John Boyne's Mutiny on the Bounty

“The future is a foreign country is another blog that reproduces Booker while Klein Verzet, who admits to a "current pre-occupation … with matters EU", not only links to several of our pieces a round-up of the round-up, so to speak, but offers an intriguing explanation of the reason why he calls the new treaty the "Turnip".”

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“A left of field contribution comes from Klein Verzet who, for some reason, insists on calling the treaty the "Turnip".”

Blogger round-up

“I secretly wished this objectionable pipe would not insist on addressing me as "Turnip," but on the whole the present did not seem exactly the time to stand on my dignity, so I replied, --”

The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch

“In 1730, British politician Charles "Turnip" Townshend imported Dutch-grown turnips.”

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