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VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



the large radish seeds germinate more quickly and with more 

 certainty and produce marketable roots sooner and more uni- 

 formly than small seed. 



Culture. The radish is a vegetable of very easy culture. 

 The roots of some kinds reach edible size in three weeks when 



grown under the 

 best conditions 

 and are a favorite 

 in the early spring. 

 It is a common 

 practice to sow the 

 seed of early kinds 

 in hotbedsbetween. 

 rows of lettuce and 

 outdoors between, 

 or in the rows of 

 beets, carrots, par- 

 snips, etc. They 

 will grow in almost 

 any soil, but new 

 land is best. The 

 seed may be sown as 

 soon as the ground 

 can be worked in 

 the spring and suc- 

 Fig. KM.-White Strasburg radishes. Cessive sowings 



should then be made every two weeks. 



Winter radishes are grown and stored in the same manner 

 and fully as easily, as turnips. The seed is sown in June or 

 July, and the roots gathered in autumn and stored in the 

 cellar or pitted outdoors. They keep very well. Winter 

 radishes closely resemble the early kinds in quality, but are 

 firmer in texture. The cabbage flea beetle affects the young 

 radish plants in the late spring and summer. ( See chapter on 

 insects for remedies.) The roots are sometimes infested with 

 maggots, but these are seldom troublesome except where fresh 

 manure is used or in land where radishes have been grown for 

 several years. It is best not to manure the land for radishes 

 but use rich soil that has been put in good order by some 

 other crop. 



