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good preparation-tillage. To secure crisp, edible 

 radishes, the growth must be continuous. Any 

 interruption in development, or an overgrowth, 

 makes the root stringy, bitter and often hollow. 

 See that those in each of your bunches are 

 even-sized and bright and clean, so that they 

 will look like the delicacy that they are. A 

 prime bunch of radishes is as pretty as a bouquet. 



The radish is a partial season crop, and is, 

 therefore, suited for all sorts of double-cropping. 

 It is often sown shallow in the same drills with 

 the other vegetables of later growth, because 

 it matures so early that it breaks the earth 

 crust for the slower seeds. Radishes may also 

 be sown between rows of cabbages, beans, peas, 

 etc., or broadcast in beds by themselves. One 

 ounce of seed will sow about 100 feet of drill or 

 eight to ten pounds to the acre. 



Sow the seeds one-half inch deep (better sow 

 too shallow than too deep) in rows 6 to 12 inches 

 apart, if you have only a little plot; or in long 

 rows a little farther apart if you use a wheel-hoe. 

 Drop two or three seeds to the inch; this can be 

 done only with a seeder attached to the wheel- 

 hoe frame : later, thin out the seedlings to about 

 two inches apart. Only large seeds should be 

 used, the small ones being too slow maturing. 

 They may be sown at regular intervals of seven 



