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room in which to develop. A short-topped 

 variety should be grown. Early French 

 Frame, French Breakfast and White Tipped 

 are all good, with a preference for the first- 

 named for very early sowings. These Rad- 

 ishes are pulled and made up into small 

 bunches of six or eight and sold at so much 

 per dozen ; coming very early on the market 

 as they do they invariably command good 

 prices. There are usually borders or patches 

 of soil not utilised for frames and cloches, 

 and successional crops of Radishes can be 

 grown on these and produced fairly early 

 by means of protection by mats and straw. 

 A September sowing of Radishes on rich, 

 warm soil will at times prove most profitable 

 to the grower. These later sowings do not 

 come actually under the heading of French 

 gardening, but they can quite easily be 



associated with it, when the grower finds 

 he has a demand to meet. 



Rhubarb is rarely a crop in French 

 gardening, though, of course, it can 

 easily be forced in manure-heated pits or 

 frames. But the growing of Rhubarb com- 

 mercially involves a fair-sized piece of land 

 to keep up the supply of roots in sufficient 

 size and numbers. There must be two plots, 

 as the same plants ought not to be forced two 

 years in succession. There is no objection 

 to the crop being tried, but there must be 

 the requisite amount of ground for the 

 cultivation of the roots, and it is useless 

 to grow Rhubarb in small quantities for 

 market. 



Seakale. There should be no difficulty in 

 making this a paying crop. The plants are 

 raised from seeds or preferably from the 



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