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gency and grateful relish when mixed with salads, or eaten 

 raw with bread and biitter. They are supposed to possess me- 

 dicinal qualities, abounding with a penetrating, nitrous juice, 

 rendering them a good antiscorbutic. It is not admitted that 

 they contain much nourishment. They should, however^, 

 when eaten, be very brisk and sprightly, always youngs 

 not tough, thready, nor overgrown. The young leaves make 

 an agreeable mixture with Lettuce, Mustard, &c., as a green 

 salad. There is an immense quantity of this article consumed 

 in the Spring and early Summer season. It is a never-ending 

 crop. Being of a rapid growth, it is up and consumed before 

 the crops of Beets, Carrots, &c., make any headway, so that it 

 occupies no ground as a crop by itself There are many vari- 

 eties, among which we select the following as most desirable. 



Scarlet Short-iop. — This is a long, tapering Radish, of a good 

 scarlet color, with very short leaves. It is preferred by ' all 

 gardeners, as it requires much less room than those with large 

 tops, and is also the very earliest variety, when obtained pure. 



Early Salmon. — Very similar to the former, though not of 

 so bright a color, and is a few days later. It succeeds it very 

 conveniently, and is of the same shape. 



Olive-shaped. — -This variety appears to be between the Scar- 

 let Short-top and the Bed Turnip Badish, partaking of both 

 shapes (being a long oval) and maturing for the table between 

 those two varieties. 



White Turnip-rooted. — Very appropriately named, and 

 highly esteemed. It succeeds those already described in ma- 

 turing, and will bear the heat better, without becoming hard 

 and stringy. 



Red Turnip-rooted. — In shape and size like the White, ma- 

 tures at the same time, and when grown with it, makes a beau- 

 tiful variety on the table. 



Long White Portugal. — A very beautiful variety, in the 

 (shape of the Early Short-top. It does not come so soon as 

 that sort, but makes a decided contrast with it. 



