'GARDENING FOE YOUNG AND OLD. 



the aid of superphosphate and rich soil, soon enables the 

 plant to get out of reach of the little Black-beetle. 



It is very important to get good seed, raised from 

 selected plants, for it is indeed exceedingly rare to buy 

 seed that does not produce from ten to thirty per cent of 

 poor, worthless radishes. Not unfrequently the crop is 

 so poor that one is forced to believe that the seed-grower 

 had drawn out all the good radishes for market, and al- 

 lowed all the poor ones to run up for seed. 



The method of raising radishes, above described, is not 

 often practised by market gardeners. They think their 

 land is too valuable, and they aim to grow them as a sec- 

 ondary crop. They sometimes sow the radish seed care- 

 fully and evenly, broadcast, on the asparagus bed, and 

 sometimes they sow the seed, broadcast, on land drilled 

 in with beets, or between the rows of early cabbages, but 

 in the ordinary farm-garden it is best to devote the en- 

 tire land to the crop. Sow the radish seed in rows, cul- 

 tivate thoroughly, and by the middle of June the crop 

 will be marketed, and the land can be plowed and used 

 for other crops, such as Swedes turnips, beets, cabbages, 

 etc. The best varieties of radish for home use, are the 

 Bound Scarlet Turnip, New French Breakfast, and Kose 

 Olive-shaped. The White Turnip radish is similar to 

 the Red Turnip, except in color. For market the Long 

 Scarlet Short Top is one of the best varieties. 



RAISING RADISH SEED. 



As a rule, nearly all our radish seed is imported from 

 Europe. It is easily grown, and as large quantities of it 

 are annually required, it would pay any young man won- 

 derfully well to grow radish seed, and take special pains 

 to grow it only from the most perfect roots. The seed 

 should be sown in rows, from twenty-one to twenty-five 

 inches apart. The ground should be rich and clean. 



