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TABLE OF FERTILIZERS APPLIED PER ACRE AND YIELDS FOR 1«99 AXD 1900. 



RADISHES, 1900. 



There are many varieties sent out by seedsmen under different names that api^ear to 

 be identical. In the e.xperimental test of varieties for 1900 the seed was sown in 

 the open pround May 3. Many of the varieties have been fully described in previous 

 bulletins, but the followinn; brief descriptions of new sorts are given: 



D<)ul)le Quick, received from Johnson & Stokes, is a quick-growinjx while variety. 

 The root is long, slender, tapering. i>ure white, crisj), and lias a mild llavor. It grows 

 a medium amoimt of foliage, the midrib of which is of a purplish green tint. 



Black Spanish, Black Sujumer and Black Winter are three varieties sent out bv the 

 D. M. Ferry Seed Co., of Detroit. 



Black Spanish is a coarse grower, very dark colored and matures slowly. The root 

 is crisp but peppery. 



Black Winter is very much like the above, but the llavor is too strong to make it 

 desirable. 



Black Summer is of the same type, but matures quicker. It is not so long, but has a 

 greater <liaineter, and there are the same objections to the qualily. 



Brightest Scarlet, Salzer, is a quick -growing, slender, scarlet-colored radish, very 

 tender, crisp, and mild flavored. The tops are small. 



Burlington Forcing, from Landreth. is white, turni])-shaped, and a cjuii-k grower, with 

 a small t;ip root. The llesh is of a greenish white tint, crisp and mild llavored. Es- 

 pecially desirable for a white forcing sort. 



California Mammoth, from Ferry, was one of the largest in the list. It has a large. 

 white, crisp, and tender turnip-shaped root, with rank, coarse tops. The length 

 of its edilile period is in its favor as a summer varietj', but its quality is not the 

 best. 



Cincinnati ^Market, Livingston, is a long, slender, crisp, white-tleshed sort. The 

 roots are clean, symmetriciil and of a bright scarlet color. As a forcing sort it is 

 one of the best of the long varieties. The tops are small and it can be grown 

 thicklv in tlie beds. 



