AprU 8, 1800. 



JOURNAL OF HORTIOULTUBE AND COTTAQi: (4ARDENER. 



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BO BURsry, but floury, and therefore very nutritiouB. Thus I 

 had planta which could neither be classed with the Badishe j m >r 



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Fig. 6. 

 the Turnips, but which Eeemed to partake of the nature of 



vegetable considered it delicious, and it may be ad<J«l Ujat, 

 however large the rootB, not one waR hollow; alsc Ibat ttey 

 remaioed good for several months after being taken «;i- 



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Fig. 7. 



What advantages can be derived from these experimenlB? 



each of these, being EadisLes in their raw and Turnips in | It would be rash to hazard a decided opinion, but the iwsaU* 



already obtained favour the idea ihit in this way netr rseaeof 



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Fig. 8. Fig. 9. 



their cooked state : but it must be admitted that the Radish 

 flavour was by far the stronger of the two. Ail who ate the 



Fig. 10. Fig. lU 



plants Euitable for agriculture and horticulture may bo pro- 

 duced. Already we may consider the Wild Radish improved 

 as being an economic plant, a particular kind of vegetable, & 

 family Radish I may call it, obtained from a wild plant hitherta 

 regarded as a mere weed. I call it a family Radish for two 

 reasons — first, because it grows so large, and second, beea^scse 

 when taken up and kept in a cellar it oan be eaten sii Vbxas^ 



