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The salmon-coloured, white Naples, and white turnep-rooted, are 

 the best kinds to sow now ; you may likewise, sow some of the 

 white Spanish radish, they bear the warm weather, rather better 

 than the other kinds) but are not so crisp and tender. The purple 

 and short-top kinds, will yet do very well. 



At this season these seeds must be sown, in an open exposure, 

 on beds of rich loose loamy earth, for if on a clay or gravelly soil, 

 they would become sticky and good for nothing : in order to have 

 them crisp and nice, they should be frequently watered in dry 

 weather. 



Planting Radishes for Seed. 



Transplant radishes for seed when the roots are just in their 

 prime : if showery weather, it will be a particular advantage. 



Choose for this purpose^ some of the best kinds, long, perfectly 

 straight rooted, and with short tops ; having also regard to the co- 

 lour of the root, that is, if of the purple, or short topped kind, those 

 that are of a clear pale red are preferable, as they generally eat 

 more crisp and mild, than such as are of a darker colour. 



When intended to save seed of the salmon radish, always prefer* 

 the best and brightest coloured roots, to preserve the kind in its 

 purity, and particularly those that have the shortest tops. 



The principal reason why radishes for seed are directed to be 

 transplanted is, that, having drawn up a quantity for that purpose, 

 you can the more readily judge of the goodness of the roots, taking 

 only what are of the right sort, otherwise, the transplanting of 

 them would be unnecessary, and those not so treated, would pro- 

 duce a much greater quantity of seed. 



Plant the roots by dibble, in rows four feet asunder, in an open 

 situation, one foot from each other in the row, and give them a 

 good watering immediately after. 



Select, also, some of the best formed white and red turnep-rooted 

 radishes, of moderate growth, hoe the others out and let these re- 

 main for seed ; or if necessity requires, you may transplant them ; 

 in that case, plant the bulbs or roots entirely in the earth, leaving 

 the tops free and then water them. 



Spinach. 



When spinach is required in continuation, some of the round 

 leaved sort, may be sown in a cool moist loamy soilj every eight or 

 ten days ; for during the summer months, it starts to seed imme- 

 diately. 



Weed and thin the spinach sown last month, especially, what had 

 been sowed in the broad cast way ; and of your early crops, both 

 of the round-leaved, and prickly-seeded kinds, leave a sufficiency of 

 the best plants for seed. 



Sowing Carrots. 



Carrots may yet be sown, especially, in the eastern states, 

 with a good prospect of success, if done in the first week of this 



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