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bunches of from six to nine, and the round sorts in 

 round bunches of similar number. 



The flat bunches can more easily be washed by placing 

 a board, sunken at one end by a weight, in a tub of 

 water, upon which the bunch can be laid, and rubbed 

 over with a soft brush. The round varieties can gene- 

 rally be cleaned by dipping a few times in water, either 

 before or after bunching. 



Pack in barrels, with holes in the bottom to allow the 

 water to escape, or, if for a distant market, drain well 

 and pack in small, well-ventilated crates. 



Seed. When grown for seed, sow in rows eighteen 

 inches apart ; when well up, use the push-hoe, and when 

 of fair size thin to six inches apart, leaving such only as 

 are true to the variety, and afterward give a deep hoeing, 

 and remove all weeds from the rows which may have 

 been overlooked at the time of thinning. 



The Yellow Summer, Spanish, and Chinese varieties 

 must be sown in August, wintered in pits, and set out in 

 spring the same as turnips. Gardeners generally prefer 

 the European seed of the scarlet varieties, as they make 

 less tops or leaves, but the American, one year from the 

 European seed, produces far superior radishes. The 

 proper plan is to sow a few rows of imported seed, and 

 from the product sow for main crop the next season ; and 

 every year, beside the main bed, put in a few rows of 

 imported seed for stock, and so repeat. The imported 

 will not yield much seed at first, but from that a fair 

 crop may be had, and this will produce the finest radishes, 

 but if continually grown from the same stock, the tops 

 get long and the roots tough and spindling. When the 

 seed is ripe, which may be known by the pods becoming 

 dry, the whole may be reaped or mowed off, and left in 

 rows, and occasionally turned until perfectly dry, when 

 it may be thrashed. The pods are of a peculiar spongy 



