THE RADISH. 75 



During September and October, the table may be supplied 

 directly from the garden. For winter use, the roots should 

 be harvested before freezing weather, and packed in earth 

 or sand, out of danger from frost. Before being used, they 

 should be immersed for a short time in cold water. 



To raise Seed. Seeds of the Winter Radishes are raised 

 by allowing the plants to remain where they were sown. As 

 fast as they ripen, cut the stems ; or gather the principal 

 branches, and spread them in an open, airy situation, 

 towards the sun, that the pods, which are quite tough in 

 their texture, may become so dry and brittle as to break 

 readily, and give out their seeds freely. 



Use. All the kinds are used as salad, and are served in 

 all the forms of the spring and summer radishes. 



Varieties. 



Bulb ovoid, or rather resrularly pear-shaped, Black Span- 



J ' ish. Tram. 



with a long tap-root. At first the root is slen- 

 der, and somewhat cylindrical in form ; but it swells as it 

 advances in age, and finally attains a large size, measuring 

 eight or ten inches in length, and three or four inches in 

 diameter. The outside is rough, and nearly black ; the flesh 

 is pungent, firm, solid, and white ; the leaves are long, and 

 inclined to grow horizontally ; the leaf-stems are purple. It 

 is one of the latest, as well as one of the hardiest, of the 

 radishes, and is considered an excellent sort for winter use. 



The lar^e Purple Winter Radish is a beautiful Large Purple 



Winter, 

 variety, derived, without doubt, from the Black Trans. 



PURPLE SPANISH. 



Spanish ; and may therefore be properly called 

 the Purple Spanish. In shape and character it much re- 

 sembles the Black Spanish ; but the outside, when cleaned, 

 is of a beautiful purple, though it appears black when first 

 drawn from the earth ; and the coat, when cut through, 



