46 GARDENING FOR ALL. 
Early potatoes may be planted fifteen inches apart in 
the rows and twenty-two inches between the rows when 
there is no intention of planting any other crop between 
them. Late potatoes ought to be planted in rows from 
twenty-two to thirty inches apart, and from eighteen to 
twenty-two inches from set to set in the row, according to 
the vigour of the variety. 
RADISH.—(Rafhanus sativus). 
The radish is a native of China, and was introduced in 
1548, or forty-eight years before the potato. Many cultivated 
vegetables have been with us so long that it is pardonable to 
consider them as natives, though a mistake. 
Radishes are usually a paying crop if grown tender and 
juicy, and early. An acquaintance of mine at Evesham, a 
famous market gardening district, grows nearly four acres 
annually. 
An acre will be worth about £20, more or less; and 
as the crop is on the ground only about four months, from 
December to the end of April, the returns can scarcely be 
considered unsatisfactory. 
The soil is richly manured for the radishes, and as soon 
as that crop is over, the ground is cleared, hoed, and raked, 
and planted in due season with vegetable marrows, ridge 
cucumbers, cauliflowers, or runner beans grown without 
sticks. These latter crops will be cleared in the autumn and 
the ground prepared for early spring crops of lettuce, cabbage, 
broad beans, or early peas, the latter to be followed in 
July with Tripoli onions. 
The earliest radishes should be sown on warm and 
sheltered borders facing south. Especially should they be 
sheltered from the north and east winds. Sow in December 
if the soil is in a suitable condition to receive the seed; if it 
is not, sow as early as convenient in January. Rake the 
seed in and protect the beds with straw. This may remain 
on until the seed germinates, when it may be drawn off 
quickly, with wooden rakes, into ridges on the windward 
side. to ward off the cold winds, during the middle of the day, 
and thrown lightly over them again at evening. 
A succession of tender radishes may be obtained by 
sowing more seed every fortnight or three weeks, according 
to the nature of the demand. ‘There is practically no demand 
