1From George Washington to William Pearce, 18 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
If you have, or can procure Turnip Seed, it might be well to sow a good deal of it at all the Farms; as both Cattle and Sheep would derive benefit from them.
2From George Washington to William Pearce, 1 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
It is not longer ago than last year (if my memory has not greatly failed me) that I paid, in this City, 40 or 50/ for the Turnip seed I sent to Mount Vernon, & to have no Seed there now is, too be sure, extraordinary; but as these things serve to shew you how I have been imposed upon, & to what expences I have...
3From George Washington to William Pearce, 15 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
Try the Turnip seed, in order to prove its goodness; for it is provoking to be at the trouble & expence of preparing ground for seed that never vegitates.
4From George Washington to William Pearce, 15 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
...be to be transplanted, and the Seeds besides, (being imported), may not be good, he need not regard crowding them a little in the first instance. Let him have also as much of each kind of the Turnip seed, & Turnip rooted Cabbage,