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These are the methods practiced in our gardens here, 

 where land is so valuable that we must make it always 

 carry double, and often treble, crops in a season. 

 Radishes are also grown in some places very extensively, 

 on land devoted exclusively to that purpose 

 in spring. Their culture thus is exceedingly 

 simple. The ground being plowed and har- 

 rowed well, the seed is sown, and the harrow 

 again run over, which places the seed at the 

 proper depth. But though the field cultiva- 

 tion of this vegetable is simple, the labor of 

 gathering, tying up, and washing, preparatory 

 for market, is great, which detracts largely 

 from the profits. Perhaps the average receipts 

 are $300 per acre, but the expense, before this 

 is realized, is probably one-half that amount. 

 It must be remembered that, in many cases, it 

 is an auxiliary crop, interfering but little with 

 our main spring crops. It is one of the vege- 

 tables convenient to ship, and the early sam- 

 ples from Norfolk, Virginia, average $7.50 per 

 barrel, of 200 bunches ; or about $750 .per acre, 

 which should be a great inducement to south- 

 ern cultivators, as there is but little danger of 

 glutting the markets with fresh vegetables Fig. 81. 



shipped from a southern to a northBrn port. 



For forcing Radishes under glass, see Chapter Top - 



10, on " Greenhouses for Forcing Vegetable Crops." 



Wood's Early Frame. This is a favorite with market 

 gardeners, as it is at least ten days earlier than the' Long 

 Scarlet Radish,, which it very much resembles, although 

 it is not hardly as long. 



Long Scarlet Short-Top. This variety is grown the 

 country over in rather the largest quantity, as from its 

 shape (when tied up in flat bunches), it is best suited to 



