88 RADISH. 



RADISH. 

 RADIS ou RAVE. Raphanus sativus. 



VARIETIES. 



Long Scarlet. 

 Long Purple. 

 Scarlet. Pear-shape. 

 Scarlet Turnip. 

 White Turnip-rooted. 



Long White Naples. 

 Purple Turnip. 

 Yellow Turnip. 

 White Spanish. 

 Black Spanish. 



THE different varieties of Radish are extensively cultivated 

 near large cities, chiefly for their roots, which are considered 

 a luxury after a hard winter, and prove acceptable as warm 

 weather approaches, provided they can be obtained in per- 

 fection. The plant is also cultivated for the sake of the seed 

 leaves, which are used as a small salad ; and even the seed 

 pods, if pickled while young and green, are considered by 

 some a good substitute for Capers. 



Those who may be desirous of having good Radishes 

 early in the spring, should have a warm border prepared in 

 the very best manner, so as to be ready to sow some of the 

 Short Top Scarlet by the middle of March. If the ground 

 should not be in good condition to receive the seed at this 

 time, let it be delayed a few days ; and by the first of April, 

 have another bed prepared in the open ground, by digging 

 in some good strong manure. The seed may be sown broad- 

 cast, and raked in evenly, or in drills drawn about one inch 

 deep, and a foot apart.* 



If you wish to have Radishes in regular succession, sow 

 seed of the most esteemed varieties every two weeks, until 

 the middle of May : if any be sown after this, it should be 

 the kinds described in the second column of our Catalogue. 



* In the seasons for planting Carrot, Parsnip, Parsley, Leek, Celery, and 

 such other seed as are tardy in germinating, a few grains of Radish seed 

 dropped in each drill will produce good roots, and this crop will prove 

 beneficial to those above enumerated, because the rows can be traced by 

 the Radishes, which being of quick growth, may be pulled by the time the 

 other plants are in full leaf. 



