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termediate rows between beets, cabbages, early cauliflow- 

 ers, onions or lettuce, without at all interfering with or 

 producing any injury to the main crop. 



Where a regular bed of them is required, a warm, shel- 

 tered border may be prepared by manuring, digging and 

 well-pulverizing the soil about the middle of March, or as 

 soon thereafter as the weather permits, and sowing some 

 Scarlet Short Top or Turnip-rooted Radish seed, either 

 broadcast or in drills about three-quarters of an inch deep 

 and six or eight inches apart. If sown broadcast, the seed 

 should be evenly raked in. To keep up a succession, make 

 sowings at intervals of ten days or a fortnight up to the 

 middle of May. If they are wanted after this, what are 

 known as summer varieties should-be sown up to the mid- 

 dle of August. After that, until the first of October, the 

 autumn sorts should be sown, either hi separate beds or 

 in the spaces between other vegetables sown during the 

 late summer or early autumn. 



If wanted very early, they may be readily grown in 

 frames, sowing the seed about the middle of February, and 

 protecting the frames from frost at night by suitable cov- 

 erings, giving plenty of air in the middle of the day and 

 watering sparingly. The turnip-rooted sorts are best for 

 growing in frames, as they bulb quickly. 



The sorts most generally grown for spring use are the 

 Long Scarlet Short Top, the Bed and the White Turnip- 

 rooted, and the Scarlet Olive-shaped, the latter being very 

 early and crisp, and to be preferred for the first crop. For 

 summer use, the Gray and the Yellow Turnip-rooted should 

 be used. They should be used before attaining thoir full 

 size ; they are best when not exceeding an inch in diam- 

 eter. For winter use, the Slack Spanish, the White Span- 

 ish, and the Hose-colored Chinese are the best ; but they 



