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Thk (.'anakian HORIU ULTL'RISI. 



(Ikoiv I\'. — (IkAND Ai'ORT (Fk;. 25). 



This variety was exhibited in Kharkov, and it may be called the Jumbo of 

 apples, on account of its large size. It has ])r<jniinent ribs, skin waxen-yellow, 

 without many sj^ots. The flesh is large-graintd, sub-acid, somewhat juicy : seeds, 

 red It does not keep very long. 



Royal College, IVinni/za. Podolie, Russia. Jarosi.an Nie.mkt;^. 



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i;.\RI.\ RADISH i:s. 



\1\L\', tender, crisp radishes can be grown the year round 

 \\ iih little care, and in the early spring, when vegetables arc- 

 scarce, and one is anxious to do work in the garden, this 

 early vegetable may be grown with much pleasure and 

 [)rofit. As it is one of the earliest vegetables to mature, 

 a..d will stand considerable cold, it should be one of the 

 earliest sown in the spring. TMible radishes have been grown from seed in the 

 vegetable gardens here in forty-three tlays. and in the hot-beds in thirty-eight 

 days. 



Seed should be sown every ten da\s or two weeks, as the forcing varieties 

 will not remain edible longer than three or four days, when they become pithy. 

 For growing in the hot-bed, either of the early turnip or of the olive shaped 

 varieties will do as well, as there is little difference in earliness and quality. Of 

 the other types the French Breakfast may be mentioned as one of the best. 

 Early White Turnip may be grown to make a pleasing contrast in a plate of the 

 above red varieties. 



All o{ the above are vety dwarf, have only two pair of leaves above cotyle- 

 dons, and grow only from four to five inches high, conseciuently the rows may 

 be sown in the hot-bed as closely as four to five inches. 



For growing in the garden, the soil should be worked ileeply, and culti- 

 vatetl till in very fine tilth. Seed should be sown early in .\pril, and every two 

 weeks afterwards. This will jjroduce a continuous supply all summer and until 

 time for the hot-bed in Ncnember. 



The following are excellent second early \ariitics. The) are very crisp, and 

 grow long, sj)indle-shai)ed. Kdible ones have been grown in the vegetable 

 gardens here in forty-eight days, from seed : Wood's I'.nrlv I'rainc wuA Hcc kcrt's 

 (,'harier. K. H. Vv.u v., Experiment Sfa/io/i, I'a. 



