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GARDENING FOR YOUNG AND OLD. 



WINTER RADISHES. 



Winter radishes are attracting considerable attention 

 of late. They are best sown in rows, twenty-one inches 

 apart, and cultivated with a horse-hoe. They are sown 

 from the middle of July to the first of September. Drop 

 the seed in the drill, three or four to each inch, and if 

 the weather is very dry, and the ground not in the very 



Fig. 19. WINTER RADISHES. 



6. Mammoth White Winter. 7. Chinese White Winter. 8. Black Spanish Turnip. 

 9. Chinese Kose Winter. 



best condition, I would sow five or six seeds to each inch 

 in hopes of securing a stand and escaping the ravages of 

 the Black-beetle. Cultivate as soon as the rows can be 

 distinguished, and hoe if necessary; when the plants be- 

 gin to crowd each other, thin out, so as to ultimately leave 

 them from three to four inches apart. The roots are pre- 

 served for winter use in barrels or boxes of sand in the 

 cellar, or they can be pitted in the garden, taking the 



