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GARDEN GUIDE 



White Milan Turnips 



recommended for 

 Winter Sqruashes, 

 except that they 

 mature more 

 quickly, and can, 

 therefore, be 

 planted later. 

 RADISHES.— 

 These are easily 

 grown in almost 

 any soil, but for 

 the best quaUty 

 the soil should be 

 rather sandy, and 

 a good coating of land plaster or gypsum incorporated with it 

 before seed is sown. Avoid manures and fertiUzers rich in 

 nitrogen, as these are apt to cause misshapen roots and too 

 great leaf growth in proportion. Two mistakes most often 

 made in growing Radishes aie to sow too many at a 

 time and not to thin them enough or early enough to have 

 them sufficiently far apart in the row. Give each plant room to 

 develop. Radishes are easily raised under glass, requiring only 40 

 to 45 degrees temperature. The quick maturing kinds may be sown 

 between rows of Carrots, Lettuce or Beets and gathered before the 

 latter need all the room. A succession of roots in the best of con- 

 dition, either under glass or outside, may be had by sowing every 

 ten days or two weeks. 

 RHUBARB — Six to a dozen plants will supply a medium sized family. 

 The soil should be made very rich and dug as deep as possible. 

 Crowns taken from old estabhshed clumps are usually used for 

 planting. Put them 3 to 4 ft. apart each way. The crowns them- 

 selves should be planted quite shallow, being covered with about 

 4 in. of soil. Plants set out in the Spring will bear quite abundantly 

 the following season; or young plants sown from seed in the Spring, 

 and transplanted in June to temporary rows in the garden, may be 

 set out the following Spring in their permanent place, which should 

 be, if possible, a sheltered spot, where they will not interfere with 

 the cultivation of other things. Rhubarb, hke Asparagus, stores 

 much of its early Spring plant food in the thick root stalks over 

 Winter. Therefore, manuring or fertilizing in the Fall will hdji the 

 following crop. Dressings of nitrate of soda in Spring also produce 

 splendid results, but be careful to keep it off the leaves. 

 RUTABAGA.— The Swedish or Russian Turnips differ from the or- 



