L a tcr Crops — I i ^in tcr Va rictics. 1 6 ^ 



made up into beds about six feet wide, each ridge or 

 bed is sown with about ten rows of radishes and four 

 rows of beets, parsnips, or carrots. 



In order to have a succession for constant pv.ll'ng, 

 it is necessary to make sowings 

 every week or ten days, from 

 the first of April to the middle 

 of June. The radishes must be 

 thinned to four or six inches 

 apart. When pulled, they are 

 put ten in a bunch, and usually 

 bring three cents per bunch, or 

 $3.00 per hundred bunches (as 

 usually sold). At this price the 

 proceeds per acre would be 



about S500. 





The other crop is not touched 

 until the radishes are removed, 

 but after that it may be culti- 

 vated. 



Besides the varieties which 

 we have mentioned, the follow- 

 ing are grown to some extent 

 in home gardens and for special 

 consumption, viz. : Early Scar- 

 let Olive-shaped (a very good forcing variety, good 

 also for out-door culture), and Wood's Early Frame, 

 which is somewhat similar to the Lons: Scarlet, though 

 shorter, and is an early and quite a popular sort. 



The winter varieties are but little grown. The Black 

 Spanish and Chinese Rose Winter are the leading ones, 



Chinese Rose Winter. 



