CHAPTER XL 



EADISHES. 



MhapJianus sativus. 



The Kadish is a general favorite with all classes. 

 it is found in all well-managed private gardens, and 

 early in the Spring it is grown extensively by market- 

 gardeners in the vicinity of large cities. For the 

 first Radishes that reach market, the seed is sown in 

 hot-beds in January or February, and they are ready 

 for use early in March. Gardeners who have put 

 up " forcing-houses " within the last two yeai-s near 

 New York, devote a portion of the tables to forcing 

 Radishes, and find them to be as profitable, to the 

 extent of the demand, as Lettuce. They give a 

 profit of about one dollar and twenty-five cents a sash, 

 3x6, for each crop, and occupy the space only six 

 or seven weeks, while it takes nine weeks for a crop 

 of Lettuce. 



Early Radishes are shipped from Norfolk to New 

 York ; they usually bring high prices — four to six 

 dollars per hundred bunches, or from eight to ten 

 dollars per barrel. 



The Radish, like most of the vegetables, will 

 grow best on a deep, rich, sandy loam. It must have 

 a rapid growth to be of fine quality. 



There are several methods practised by garden- 



