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come so extensive that in many localities varieties 

 have been developed particularly adapted to these 

 conditions. Under out-of-door conditions the rad- 

 ish is seldom given entire use of the ground, but 

 is usually grown as a companion crop vsrith others 

 requiring a longer season for their development. 

 All sorts of combinations vsrill suggest themselves 

 to wide-awake gardeners. 



The radish is pre-eminently a cool weather plant 

 and requires an extremely short season for its 

 maturity. These factors make it possible to grow 

 this crop under a very wide range of climatic 

 conditions. 



The best soils for the radish should be extremely 

 fertile and friable. Sandy loams are to be preferred. 

 Heavy soils, either indoors or out, produce rough 

 and ill-shaped roots with many fibrous laterals. 

 The plant is very hardy and can be sown out 

 of doors as soon as the soil can be properly prepared. 

 The radish is universally grown from seed, being 

 one of the garden vegetables rarely transplanted. 

 The ordinary seed drills are used and the rows are 

 spaced from 8 to 12 inches wide and the seed 

 dropped at the rate of from 30 to 50 seeds per foot. 

 They should be planted from three-quarters of an 

 inch to an inch in depth. 



The cultivation of the radish is an important 

 matter. The thorough preparation of the soil and 

 the quickness with which the crop matures give 

 weeds little opportunity for development. The 

 wheel hoes and hand weeders are both used when nec- 

 essary to keep the soil loose and mellow. Radishes 

 are harvested as soon as they reach edible size, and 

 tied in bunches of from five to ten each, according 

 to size and time of season. For shipping they are 



