RADISHES 



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the plant, and the maggot is best dealt with by incorporating a 

 considerable quantity of wood ashes with the surface of the soil at 

 the time of sowing the seeds. Tobacco dust is considered a specific 

 for the maggot when used in the same way as recommended for 

 the wood ashes. 



Profits. When grown as a field crop the gross receipts from 

 radishes range from $200 to $300 per acre, and the net receipt 

 from $75 to $150 per acre; 

 as a forced crop in hotbeds as 

 high a return as $3.50 per 

 sash for a single crop has been 

 reported by one of the market 

 gardeners in central New York. 



Varieties. There are three 

 general groups of radishes in 

 cultivation : the early varieties 

 used for field cultivation and 

 for forcing in cold frames, 

 hotbeds, and greenhouses, to 

 which belong the French 

 Breakfast, the Early Scarlet 

 Short Top, and the Long Scar- 

 let types ; the early, or sum- 

 mer group, which is repre- 

 sented by the Long Scarlet, 

 Chartier, and the Stuttgart ; 

 and the class known as winter 

 radishes. All root forms as 

 well as color patterns repre- 

 sented in the cultivated varie- 

 ties of the radish are found in each of the three groups. The varia- 

 tion in form is illustrated in figure 148, while the color range is 

 from white through the shades of pink and purple to a dark mot- 

 tled or solid black, each group possessing a complete range of colors. 



The winter radishes are comparatively unknown in the United 

 States, being only sparingly cultivated in a few localities. They are 

 of slow growth, have firm flesh, and can be held in good condition 

 as readily as the turnip, if given the same treatment. Seed of this 



FIG. 149. Types of winter radishes 



