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Olive-Shaped Scarlet, Of oblong shape ; flesh, rose- 

 color, and a good summer variety. 



Later varieties, grown for fall and winter use : 



Yellow and Gray Summer Turnip, Varieties well 

 suited for summer use, as they stand the heat better 

 than the early sorts. Both are mild in flavor. The 

 yellow variety is shown in figure 86 ; the other is like 

 it, save in color. 



Chinese Rose-colored Winter. Excellent for winter 

 use ; flesh, firm ; skin of a bright rose color. 



Long and Round Black Spanish. Very hardy vari- 

 eties. They are often preserved, keeping as well as any 

 other ropt, in sand, until mid-winter, in a cellar or root- 

 house. They are of large size, but rather harsh in flavor. 

 Color, grayish-black. 



RHUBARB. (Wieum Ehaponticum). 



Rhubarb is now cultivated largely for market purposes 

 in the vicinity of all large cities, and few private gar- 

 dens are without it. Its culture is of the simplest kind. 

 It is a plant that adapts itself to almost any soil, pro- 

 vided it is well drained, artificially or otherwise. The 

 preferable soil for Rhubarb, as for most vegetables, is a 

 deep, sandy loam. Whatever the soil, it should be 

 plowed from ten to twelve inches deep, the subsoil plow 

 following in the wake of the other, stirring to the depth 

 of ten or twelve inches more ; after plowing, harrow 

 deeply and thoroughly. 



After the soil is prepared, lines are struck out by the 

 plow four feet apart from each side of the field or plot, 

 so that they will intersect at right angles. At these 

 points the plants are set, first mixing with the soil three 

 or four shovelfuls of well-rotted manure for each plant. 



