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for a longer period, but, starting slowly, give the radishes all the 

 opportunity needed to come to full size. In outdoor culture 

 broadcast sowing is not unfrequently practiced ; but it is a method 

 hardly worthy of consideration by good gardeners, and I neither 

 practice nor recommend it. For culture 

 under glass see the hints given in the 

 chapter::; on cold-frames and forcing- 

 houses. In open air culture, avoid new 

 manure and old ground, i. e. y ground on 



Early Deep Scarlet Olive. 



Earliest Deep Scarlet Turnip. 



Mammoth Chinese. 



which radishes, turnips, cabbages, and other plants of the same 

 family have been grown the year before. Stimulate growth by 

 light applications of nitrate of soda. In the market garden, to 

 save space, the rows can be crowded very closely together, 6 

 inches between them being ample; in the home garden we 

 usually plant twice that distance, or more, for convenience in 

 cultivation. In either case, however, it is a good practice to 

 utilize the space between widely planted crops cabbages, beans, 

 etc. when first set out or sown, by growing a row or two of 

 radishes between each two rows of the others. The great enemy 

 of this crop is the maggot, which often entirely ruins whole 

 patches. Rotation and avoidance of rank manure are our best 

 weapons. Don't neglect early thinning to make the crop 

 uniform. 



VARIETIES. 



These are divided in three classes, (i) early or forcing 

 radishes, (2) summer and autumn radishes, (3) winter radishes. 



