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best and earliest, purchase largely of that. If 

 kept in a cool, dry place, the seed will remain 

 good for several seasons, as it retains its vitality 

 for five years. 



My sales in '71 were not as large as usual, 

 but amounted to nine hundred and sixteen 

 bunches, realizing thirty-five dollars and nine 

 cents. I have grown them between beets and 

 other vegetables, but find that, unless you 

 have a prompt sale for them the day they are 

 ready, they are apt, by remaining a few days, 

 to so injure the crops they are grown with as 

 to be unprofitable. In a small local market 

 you cannot sell out at" once. With your best 

 management, a week or so after you have rad- 

 ishes every one with a small garden has them 

 also, and the demand drops off rapidly. I sow 

 my earliest beds where I shall put egg-plants, 

 tomatoes, and such late tender vegetables, and 

 they are out of the way in time for these to be 



