The Home Garden 



Best varieties, Scarlet Turnip, White Globe, 

 and Early Red. 



Radishes can be grown for winter use by 

 sowing in September or October. They can 

 be kept for some time by packing in sand, and 

 storing away from reach of frost. They should 

 not be placed in a warm cellar, as a high tem- 

 perature will cause them to wilt, and, after a 

 little, to start into growth. Under either of 

 these conditions, they will be worthless. A 

 root cellar, in which the temperature is but 

 little above the frost-point is the best place 

 for them. 



SALSIFY 



One of the most delicious of vegetables for 

 late fall and winter use is salsify, more com- 

 monly known as vegetable oyster, because it 

 has a flavor somewhat similar to that of the 

 bivalve. 



It can be kept as long and as satisfactorily 

 as the parsnip by digging it in November, 

 just before the ground is likely to freeze for 

 the winter, packing it in sand, and storing in 

 the cellar. A quantity should always be left 

 in the ground for use in spring. 



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