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THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



Culture. Thin early, preserve the surface mulch. 

 Pick the spring and summer Radishes when of the 

 proper size, according to variety. The summer Radishes 

 may stay in the ground after reaching the right size, a 

 little longer than the spring Radishes. 



Dig the winter radishes in the 

 fall, and store in sand or in pits. 



Use. Before eating winter 

 Radishes, soak an hour in cold 

 water. 



Pests. Chiefly the root- mag- 

 got, which may be killed by inject- 

 ing bisulphide of carbon into the 

 soil near the plants a process not 

 worth the results. It will be better 

 to dress heavily with unleached 

 wood-ashes after sowing, or still 

 more heavily with tobacco dust. 

 Or sprinkle once a week with car- 

 bolic acid emulsion, one to thirty. 

 Screen to keep away the flies. If these fail, try rota- 

 tion. See Cabbage-maggot. 

 Store in sand. 



Fig. 110. Two types of 

 early Radishes. One- 

 half natural size. 



RADISH, EDIBLE-PODDED. There are two edible- 

 podded Radishes, of which the Madras will not flourish in 

 our climate. The Rat-tailed Radish, Raphanus cau- 

 datus (so called for its long, slender seed-pods, for which 



