i6o Market Gardenincr. 



Two or three times, before the crop comes up, a 

 smoothing harrow should be run over the piece, de- 

 stroying the young weeds as soon as they start. The 

 Colorado beetles, or potato-bugs, formerly so much 

 dreaded, are now disposed of very easily by the use of 

 slug shot, or Paris green : either is sure death to the 

 bugs. 



For digging the crop, there is at present no sure 

 and satisfactory implement but the four-tined digging- 

 fork. There is a fortune awaiting the man who invents 

 a completely successful machine-digger. 



Varieties are so numerous, and many are so little 

 distinct, that to mention even a quarter of them would 

 be confusing. The Early Rose has an almost endless 

 number of closely related kinds, such as Early Sunrise, 

 Early Gem, Chicago Market, Early Vermont, and 

 others. Present favorites are the early and late vari- 

 eties of Beauty of Hebron. The Snow Flake is of 

 the highest table quality, but not a great yielder, ex- 

 cept in the best land. Whatever variety is most 

 popular should be chosen to plant for market; and 

 soil and cultivation are of far more importance than 

 choice of a kind. 



Radish {Raphanus sativus). Until wdthin the past 

 few years the culture of radishes has been confined to 

 the open ground ; but now the growing of this crop 

 under glass has assumed quite important proportions. 



For growing in hot-houses the French Breakfast is 

 almost the sole variety used, as it has a short top, is a 

 quick grower, and of good quality. The seed is sown 

 at any time during the cold season, from October to 



