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universal favorite for main crop in the East — a sure 

 yielder and heavy-crop potato of excellent quality. 

 Uncle Sam is the best quality potato I ever grew. 

 Baked, they taste almost as rich as chestnuts. 



Radish: — I do not care to say much about rad- 

 ishes ; I do not like them. They are, however, uni- 

 versal favorites. They come round, half-long, long 

 and tapering; white, red, white-tipped, crimson, 

 rose, yellow-brown and black; and from the size 

 of a button to over a foot long by fifteen inches in 

 circumference — the latter being the new Chinese or 

 Celestial. So you can imagine what a revel of va- 

 rieties the seedsmen may indulge in. I have tried 

 many — and cut my own list down to two. Rapid- 

 red (probably an improvement of the old standard, 

 Scarlet Button), and Crimson Globe (or Giant), a 

 big, rapid, healthy grower of good quality, and one 

 that does not get "corky." A little land-plaster, or 

 gypsum, worked into the soil at time of planting, 

 will add to both appearance and quality in radishes. 



Spinach: — The best variety of spinach is Swiss 

 Chard Beet (see below). If you want the real sort, 

 use Long Season, which will give you cvittings long 

 after other sorts have run to seed. New Zealand 

 will stand more heat than any other sort. Victoria 

 is a newer variety, for which the claim of best qual- 

 ity is made. In my own trial I could not notice very 

 much difference. It has, however, thicker and "sa- 

 yoycd" leavei. 



