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White Summer. A large, long, oval variety ; cultivated for 

 early Summer use, is of an excellent, mild flavor, bears the 

 heat well, and is a beautiful variety. 



Yellow Summer , or Yellow Turnip-rooted. The very best 

 for cultivating, and indeed the only one that stands the heat 

 and drought with impunity. It is about an inch and a half 

 or two inches in diameter, and from two to three inches long. 



Black Spanish. This is a Winter Radish, of very large 

 size ; Turnip form. It should be sown in August and Sep- 

 tember, lifted in October or November, and stored away in 

 sand in the cellar for supplying the table in Winter. It will 

 keep good till the following April. 



CULTURE. There are few vegetables that require less arti- 

 ficial care and culture than the Radish. For the Spring crop, 

 it likes a light, rich, dry, sandy loam ; but for later crops, a 

 deep, moist soil is preferred. The first sowing should be made 

 on a south or east border, with the Early Turnip-Rooted 

 Beets. The Radish seed may be sown in drills between the 

 latter, very thinly, covering them with about a quarter of an 

 inch of fine earth. If the nights prove frosty, cover the bor- 

 der with straw, which will greatly advance the crop, and pre- 

 vent its destruction. If sown about the first of March, and good 

 weather ensue, they will be ready in the first week of April. 

 A second sowing with some other crop, such as Carrots, should 

 be made about two weeks later, and at the same time sow the 

 Turnip-Rooted varieties. Another sowing, of all the Salmon 

 and Turnip kinds, about the middle of April, to be followed 

 with two sowings of White and Yellow Summer Radishes, at in- 

 tervals, will be the principal crops for the season. Towards the 

 end of August and September, Early Scarlet Short-top may 

 again be sown ; also the Black Spanish, as formerly directed. 

 Should they be too thick, at any time, when fairly up, they 

 must be thinced to an inch apart ; for if allowed to grow crowd- 

 ed together ; they will not produce a crop. It will take six 



