WINTER RADISHES 



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spreading ; leaf-stalks bright pink. The roots are of medium size, 

 usually 4 or 5 in. long, about 2 in. in diameter at the thickest part 

 of the lower extremity, and about if in. below the neck. This 

 variety is chiefly grown for autumn and winter use. It may be 

 sown up to August, and much thicker than the other Winter 

 Radishes. There is a pure white sub-variety of this Radish, and 

 also a violet-coloured one, both of which only differ in colour from 

 the present variety. If we had to admit that any variety of culti- 

 vated Radishes is derived from the Wild Radish (Raphanus 

 Raphanistruni], the present variety is the one of all others to which 

 we should be disposed to assign that origin ; its leaves, root, and 

 other characteristics pre- 

 senting an appearance en- 

 tirely distinct from any 

 other cultivated kind. 



Deep Scarlet Pamir 

 Turnip Radish. Resem- 

 bles in colour the Scarlet 

 Chinese Radish, but differs 

 in shape, being almost 

 spherical. The flesh is 

 white, firm, and pungent ; 

 the skin bright scarlet. It 

 keeps quite well up to 

 mid-winter without be- 

 coming pithy, or starting 

 into vegetation. 



Californian, or Mam- 

 moth White, Winter 

 Radish. This Radish is 

 even more like the Jersey 



Deep Scarlet Pamir Turnip Radish. 



Turnip than the Chinese Scarlet Winter Radish, being similar in 

 shape and in colour. The root is pure white, long, cylindrical, 

 and thickest at the lower end ; it is from 6 to 8 in. long, about 

 2 in. in diameter at the thickest part, and about 2 in. for the 

 remainder of its length, and projecting between I and 2 in. above 

 the ground. The leaves are large, broad, and a very light green. 

 It is productive, and a good autumn or winter radish. The roots 

 take two or three months to form ; the flesh is mild, and not 

 pungent. 



The Japanese cultivate a great many kinds of Long White 

 Radishes for table use. Some of these are said to produce roots 

 of the almost fabulous weight of from 33 to 44 Ib. each. When 

 grown in Europe, most of these Japanese Radishes run to seed 

 very rapidly, and are not of much value. An exception, however, 

 is the variety they call Ninengo da'ikon, which is remarkable both 



