THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



the rows. Where vines are planted along the fence, 

 the intervening space may be planted to radishes, 

 and I have found it a good plan to keep a packet of 

 seed handy, and drop a seed wherever a radish is 

 pulled; in this way there is a perpetual supply of 

 the freshest and most tender of roots. 



The ground should be kept free of weeds and 

 well cultivated. It will be necessary to use the 

 trowel here to break up the soil about the radishes, 

 using the small hand-cultivator along the sides of 

 the rows, or when grown along the fence, all the 

 work may be easily done by means of the trowel. 

 The early three weeks' radishes such as French 

 Breakfast are the most desirable to plant, and the 

 oval scarlet, tipped with white, the most attractive 

 form on the table. In preparing them for the table, 

 the small leaves should be retained, as they add 

 much to the appearance of the radish and are an 

 altogether attractive and artistic addition to the 

 breakfast or luncheon table. 



In planting melons in hills, if the land is very 

 rich, a row of radishes may be planted around the 

 outer edge of the hills, and will have matured and 

 been used before the room is needed by the melons ; 



in fact radishes are one of the few vegetables which 



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