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vegetable of early spring. It is a common practice to 

 sow the seed of early kinds in hotbeds between rows of 

 lettuce, and outdoors between, or in, the rows of beets, 

 carrots, parsnips, etc. 

 They wilt grow in almost 

 any soil, but new land 

 is best for them. The 

 seed may be sown as 

 soon as the ground can be 

 worked in the spring, and 

 if sowings are made once 

 every two weeks thereaf- 

 ter a succession of tender 

 roots may be had. 



Winter radishes are 

 grown and stored in the 

 same manner and fully 

 as easily as turnips. The 

 seed is sown in June or 

 July and the roots gath- 

 ered in autumn and 

 stored in cellars or pitted 

 outdoors. They keep very well. Winter radishes closely 

 resemble the early kinds in quality, but are firmer in 

 texture. 



Insect Enemies. The cabbage flea beetle affects the 

 young radish plants in the late spring and summer. (See 

 chapter on insects for remedies.) The roots are some- 

 times infested with maggots, but these are seldom trouble- 

 some except where fresh manure is used or in land 

 where radishes have been grown for several years. It is 

 best not to manure the land for radishes but to use rich 

 soil that has been put in good order by some previous crop. 



Fig. 89. White Strasburg radish. 



