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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Large White Summer Turnip Radish 

 (5 natural size). 



form, but grow nevertheless pretty rapidly, so that, by making 



successional sowings, a con- 

 tinuous supply of fresh 

 tender Radishes may be 

 kept up all through the 

 summer and autumn. 

 These varieties do not 

 usually keep long. They 

 are sown in drills, from 

 1 6 to 20 in. apart, and the 

 seedlings are thinned out 

 to a distance of from 6 

 to 8 in. from one another, 

 according to the size of 

 the variety sown. They 

 require no attention except 

 occasional waterings. The 



roots of most of the varieties are fully formed in from six weeks 



to two months from the time of sowing. Sowings may be made 



from March until August. 



Large White Summer Turnip 



Radish. Root rounded or top-shaped, 



2 in. or more in diameter and length 



when well grown ; skin white; flesh white, 



rather tender, and slightly pungent ; 



leaves rather long, broad, half-erect, much 



more abundant and larger than those of 



the Small or Forcing Radishes, especially 



exceeding them in the size of the midribs 



or stalks, which form a rather broad 



neck at their junction with the root 



The roots of this variety form pretty 



soon, and are generally fit for use in 



from thirty-five to forty days after 



sowing. In the United States they grow 



under the name of the Early White 



Box Radish, or Philadelphia White Box 



Radish, a Radish very similar to it, but 



smaller, and possibly a link between the 



White Turnip-rooted Radish and the 



one just described above. 



Stuttgart Early Giant White 



Turnip Radish. A larger variety and 



somewhat more flattened in shape than 



the preceding one. It is regularly top- Turni P Radish <* natural size >- 



shaped, and often 3 or 4 in. in diameter, and over 3 in. in depth. 



Stuttgart Early Giant White 



