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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Small Early White Turnip Radish 

 (| natural size). 



twenty-five days from the time of sowing before they are fit to 



be pulled for use. It is, however, employed for forcing, especially 



in northern countries. Even when quite small, this Radish is 



remarkably pungent, and its flavour 

 is sometimes so strong as to be 

 hardly endurable. 



Early Purple Turnip Radish. 

 Root slightly top-shaped, of a 

 fine clear violet colour ; flesh white, 

 almost transparent ; leaves rather 

 large, cut, or divided, erect, and 

 light green. The roots of this 

 variety take about a month to 

 swell, but they remain a long time 

 without becoming hollow at the 

 centre. It is a true " all-the-year- 

 round" Radish. 



White-tipped Purple Turnip 

 Radish. A handsome, small kind, 

 with an almost spherical root, dark 



violet-colour around the neck, becoming paler towards the lower 



extremity, which is white. Leaf-stalks and veins of the leaves 



violet-coloured or brown ; leaves rather scant. Like the Early 



White-tipped Scarlet Radish, this variety should be sown at intervals 



of about a fortnight, as it soon becomes hollow. 



Very Early Yellow Turnip Radish. Great numbers of yellow 



Radishes have during the past few years been recommended as 



sufficiently early to rank among the forcing 



Radishes, and none deserves better than 



this to be classed among such Radishes. 



The root is formed in summer within about 



twenty-five days ; it is perfectly round, well 



shaped, and of a fine ochre-yellow. The 



leaves are short and few in comparison 



with the size of the root. 



B. INTERMEDIATE, OR OLIVE-SHAPED, 

 VARIETIES 



Olive-shaped Scarlet Radish. Root 

 ovoid, slightly elongated, usually olive- 

 shaped, sometimes almost cylindrical for 

 a good part of its length, and rounded 

 at both ends. In colour a very deep 



carmine; flesh white, firm, and crisp; olive-shaped Scarlet Radish 



leaves rounded, light green, rather broad, 



Q natural size). 



