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while winter radishes, whose seeds are sown from the last of 

 July to the middle of September, are still slower in developing, 

 and may be kept in good condition almost as long and as easily 

 as turnips. The planting of the seeds is the same as for many 

 garden crops ; that is, they are sown in rows five to eight inches- 



B 



FIG. 47. A flower of cabbage (mustard family) : A, flower cluster, showing buds- 

 at tip, open flowers below with four spreading petals, and pods at the bottom ; 

 B, a mature pod ; C, a pod opening. After WARMING. 



apart, and when the plants appear, so that relative vigor can 

 be recognized, they are thinned so that the individual plants 

 stand about two or three inches apart in each row. 



81. Turnip. The turnip (Fig. 49) is very closely related 

 to the radish, and those who can grow the latter should 

 have no trouble with the former. There are early turnips, 

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