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GARDEN YARD 5; 
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 
