PEPPER—RADISH. 255 
It is best to grow the plants in pots or boxes. The plant 
is little known in this country, but it is no doubt worthy 
of considerable attention (page 146). 
PEPPER. 
Red peppers are very easily forced, and if one can get 
5 cents or more apiece for the fruits he should be able to 
grow them for the winter market. The southern-grown 
product is cheaper, however, and scarcely inferior (page 
238). 
Peppers need bottom heat, a little cooler temperature 
than melons, but hand-pollination seems to be unnec- 
essary (pages 240, 241). 
The plants are handled like tomato plants, and about 
3% months are required, from the seed-sowing, in which 
to get the first fruits. The plants may stand a foot apart 
in the row, and 2 rows can go on a 3-ft. bench (page 
240). 
We like the Sweet Mountain best for forcing. Only 
the large and puffy, or ‘‘sweet,’’ peppers are forced 
(page 238). 
RADISH. 
Radishes require to be grown quickly, else they are 
worthless. About 35 to 4o days is required to mature 
the crop, from the time of sowing the seed (pages 115, 
123): 
The proper temperature for radishes is 45° to 50° at 
night, and 55° to 65° at day (pages 118, 125). 
Radish seed is commonly sown where the plants are 
to stand. The smaller varieties may be grown in drills 
which are only 3 inches apart, but most varieties need 4 
or 5 inches between the rows. The plants should be 
thinned to nearly or quite 2 inches apart in the row. 
Uniformly large seeds give the surest and most uniform 
results (pages I15, II7, 122). 
