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soil that is dry, mellow and rich, will produce good rad- 

 ishes in a favorable season. New soil, full of leaf -mould, 

 is particularly suitable for the crop. 



Soil which has been well prepared in the fall we do not 

 plow again in the spring. It is simply cultivated or gang- 

 plowed, four or five inches deep, and repeatedly harrowed 

 and rolled, until not a lump remains. We usually sow four 

 hundred pounds of superphosphate of lime, broadcast, per 



Fig. 18. EARLY RADISHES. 



1. Scarlet Turnip. 2. Rose Olive-Shaped. 3. French Breakfast. 4. Long White 

 Naples. 5. Long Scarlet Short Top. 



acre. Set a line for the first row, and sow the seed in 

 shallow drills, twenty-one inches apart, dropping about 

 three seeds to each inch of row. As the radishes come 

 up quickly, no weeding, and very little hoeing will be re- 

 quired on clean, well-prepared land, but we run the horse- 

 hoe repeatedly between the rows, commencing as soon as 

 they can be traced, and repeat the operation twice a week. 

 This thorough cultivation favors rapid growth, and with 



