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the process is excellent, the evils both of growing and 

 shriveling being equally provided against : the cool- 

 ness secured by shading, depth, drenching, and soli- 

 dity of covering, prevents growth, whilst the moisture 

 supplied, instead of causing injury, only serves to 

 counteract the drying influence of the season. It 

 may be necessary to repeat the operation, with a 

 frequency according to circumstances ; and with 

 such care potatoes may be kept fresh and good till 

 September a period to which it can scarcely be 

 expedient to continue their preservation, although it 

 cannot be unimportant, at least for some time after 

 the recent crops come in, to have the power of choos- 

 ing between the ripe mealiness of the old and the 

 green saponaceous consistence of the new. 



Radish. There are more varieties of it than are 

 worthy of notice : the salmon radish, which is long- 

 rooted, and the red or white turnip-rooted, are suffi- 

 cient. The long-rooted may be sown in January by 

 those who will take the trouble of protecting it from 

 frost. Any of the sorts sown in February or March, 

 by the foot of a south wall, will do without further 

 shelter. They are all useless in the heat of summer, 

 as they grow hard and hot; but from the middle of 

 August they are again as good as in spring. The 

 ground should be deep delved and rich, but not 

 recently manured. The seed is sown in drills no 

 deeper than to admit of being covered, and the 

 plants may be thinned to two or three inches. As 

 radishes are soon removed, it does no harm, and 

 saves ground, to sow broadcast a little of the seed 

 along with any drilled crop, such as onions, carrots, 

 or spinach. The turnip-rooted is a neat pretty little 



