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applications of manure, supplemented by such concentrated 

 fertilizers as will make a perfect balance of the necessary 

 plant foods. 



Varieties: There are now such a bewildering number of 

 good varieties in cultivation that the task of selecting a few of 

 the best is not an easy one. Moreover, no matter how carefully 

 the selection may be made, the tendency to gradual deterior- 

 ation and the constant introduction of new varieties will cause 

 many of those in any list given now to be superseded after 

 the lapse of a few years. The following is a selection of a few 

 of the best in use at the present time. First earlies for forcing 

 or close planting on a warm protected border : Early Ashleaf , 

 Sutton's Ringleader, Sharp's Victor, Button's May Queen. 

 First earlies for open-air culture: Sutton's A 1, May Queen. 

 Gladiator, First Crop, Midlothian Early, Duke of York, Ninety- 

 fold, Early Puritan. Second earlies (first division) : Sir John 

 Llewelyn, Sharpe's Express, Myatt's Ashleaf, Dalmeny Early, 

 Recorder, Early Rose, Early Regent ; (second division) : 

 Nobleman, Dalmeny Acme, Duchess of Norfolk, Snowdrop, 

 Pride of Tonbridge, Cigarette, British Queen. Main-crop (first 

 division) : Royal Kidney, Beauty of Hebron, Windsor Castle, 

 Supreme, King Edward VII ; (second division) : Table Talk, 

 Up-to-date, The Factor, Evergood, Scottish Triumph, Warrior, 

 Peckover, Future Fame, Dalmeny Beauty, Dalmeny Hero, 

 Webb's Goldfinder, Sutton's Superlative, Sutton's White City. 



RADISHES. 



Raphanus sativus. 



THE Radish is one of the most useful and popular of salad 

 crops. It is very simple of cultivation, quick to mature, 

 and may be had without any great difficulty all the year round. 

 It is useless now-a-days to grow big coarse Radishes, strong in 

 flavour ; what the public want are the crisp, tender, delicate- 

 flavoured ones, in regular succession, and the secret for getting 

 these is by quick growth, making small sowings on rich moist 

 soil at frequent intervals. Poor soil and that which has been 

 recently dressed with rich manure should both be avoided, the 



