200 GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



Rose-COlorcd Chinese. A valuable variety ; color pink 

 or rose ; skin smooth ; of sharp but agree- 

 able flavor. Keeps as well as any. 



Black Spanish. A very hardy variety 

 often preserved, keeps as well as any 

 other root in sand until mid-winter, in 

 cellar or root-house ; large size ; color 

 grayish-black; rather harsh in flavor. 



RHTTBARB. (Rheum Rhaponticum*) 



Rhubarb is now cultivated largely for 

 Fig. 65. ROSE- mar ] cet purposes in the vicinity of all 



COLORED CHINESE . , 



RADISH. large cities, and few private gardens 



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

 increased* by division of the root, every portion of which 

 that has an eye or bud will form a plant. It is essential, 

 to grow it early and in perfection, that the soil be broken 

 up at least 18 inches deep by the plow and subsoiler, and 

 manured heavily ; 100 tons per acre, if attainable, will be 

 none too much. It may be planted in early spring, or in 

 fall, 3 feet apart each way ; if planted in spring, on ground 

 well prepared, a full crop can be gathered the succeeding 

 season. It_is a vegetable requiring but little labor; once 

 planted, it will remain in bearing condition for three or 

 four years, only requiring a top-dressing of manure, dug 

 in, in spring or fall. It is one of those crops of which it 

 is difficult to state the value per acre ; as in the varying 

 conditions of earliness, it is sold from $200 to $1000 per 



