44 ESCULENT ROOTS. 



"White Turnip- Bulb of the form and size of the Scarlet 

 Turnip-rooted ; skin white ; flesh white and 

 semi-transparent. It possesses less piquancy than the Scar- 

 let, but is some days later. 



AUTUMN AND WINTER RADISHES. 



These varieties may be sown from the 20th of July to 

 the 10th of August ; the soil being previously made rich, 

 light, and friable. Thin out the young plants from four to 

 six inches apart ; and, in the absence of rain, water freely. 

 During September and October, the table may be supplied 

 directly from the garden. For winter use, the roots should 

 be harvested before freezing weather, and packed in earth 

 or sand, out of danger from frost. Before being used, they 

 should be immersed for a short time in cold water. 



Use. All of the kinds are used as salad, and are served 

 in all the forms of the spring and summer radishes. 



Varieties : 



Black Spanish. Bulb ovoid, or rather regularly pear- 

 shaped, with a long tap-root. At first the 

 root is slender, and somewhat cylindrical in form ; but it 

 swells as it advances in age, and finally attains a large size, 

 measuring eight or ten inches in length, and three or four 

 inches in diameter. The outside is rough, and nearly 

 black ; the flesh is pungent, firm, solid, and white ; the 

 leaves are long, and inclined to grow horizontally ; the leaf- 

 stems are purple. It is one of the latest as well as one of 

 the hardiest of the radishes, and is considered an excellent 

 sort for winter use. 



Purple The large Purple Winter Radish is a 



beautiful variety, derived, without doubt, 

 SPANISH. from the Black Spanish, which, in shape 

 and character, it much resembles. The outside, however, 



