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freely. In sandy ground, it will be found advisable to put a 
shovel full of well-rotted manure to each plant. A moderate hot- 
bed, five feet square, put down the middle of spring, with half a 
peck of good sound Sweet Potatoes planted therein, will produce a 
succession of sprouts which, if planted and managed as directed, 
will yield about fifteen bushels of Sweet Potatoes. 
PUMPKIN 
1. Cashaw. 3. Mammoth. 
2. Common Field, or Cheese. 
Pumpkin seed should be sown the latter end of spring, in hills, 
eight or ten feet apart, with two or three seed ina hill. They are 
not so tenacious of a particular soil as either Melons or Cucum- 
bers, but in other respects are cultivated in the same manner. 
RADISH. 
1. Long Scarlet Short-top. 6. Summer White. 
2. Long Salmon. 7. White Spanish, 
3. White Turnip-rooted. Fall, or Winter Black. 
4. Red Turnip-rooted, 8. Black Spanish, 
Cherry. Fall, or Winter White. 
5. Yellow Turnip-rooted, 
Yellow Summer. 
The two first named are not very dissimilar. No. 1 is gener- 
ally preferred for its brilliancy of color, though No. 2 is the most 
brittle, and of course the best. Nos. 3 and 4 are excellent varie- 
ties and early. The first four named are generally used for the 
earlier sowings, which should be made on a sheltered border, as 
soon in the spring as the ground can be worked. The soil should 
be well manured, deeply dug, and raked free from clods and 
stones. Sow the seed broadcast and rake in evenly, or in drills, 
about one inch deep, and a foot apart. If cold weather return 
after the seed have sprouted, protect by branches of evergreens, 
straw, &., which should be removed so soon as it may be pru- 
dent. Nos. 5 and 6 are better adapted to the summer than the 
