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kind grown alongside of the Southern Striped | 
Cashaw and found it one and the same. 
Golden Yellow Mammoth. This 
is a very large Pumpkin. Flesh and skin are 
of a bright golden color, fine grained and of 
good quality. I had some brought to the store 
weighing one hundred to one hundred and 
fifty pounds, raised on land which was not 
manured or fertilized. 
RADISH. 
Ravres, Rave (Fr.), Rapres, Rerric (Ger.), Rasano (Sp.). 
Early Long Scarlet. 
Chartier’s Long. 
Early Scarlet Turnip. 
Golden Globe. 
Early Scarlet Olive-shaped. 
W hite Summer Turnip. 
Scarlet Half Long French. 
This is a popular vegetable, and grown to a large extent. 
be rich and mellow. 
Scarlet Olive-shaped, White-Tipped or 
French Breakfast. 
Black Spanish ( Winter ). 
Chinese Rose ( Winter ). 
White Strasburgh. 
W hite California Mammoth. 
The ground for radishes shoul@ 
The early small varieties can be sown broad-cast among other crops, such 
as beets, peas, spinach, or where lettuce has been transplanted. 
Early varieties are sown in 
this section the whole year, but during summer they require frequent watering to make them: 
erow quickly. 
summer months. 
The Golden Globe and White Summer Turnip are best for planting during the 
The Half Long Scarlet French is the only red kind raised for the New 
Orleans market, and all the other cities in the United States taken together do not use as many 
of that one variety as New Orleans does. 
per annum for the last fourteen years. 
Early Long Scarlet. This isa de- 
sirable variety; it is of a bright scarlet color; 
short top and brittle. 
Chartier’s Long Radish. A long 
Radish, described as deep crimson colored at 
the top, shading off lighter until at the bot- 
tom it becomes white. 
Early Searlet Turnip. A small 
round variety, the favorite kind for family use. 
It is very early. crisp and mild when young. 
Golden Globe. This stands the heat 
better than the foregoing kinds. It is of an 
oblong shape, and of a beautiful bright yellow 
color. It should be sown very thinly. Best 
adapted for summer and fall sowing. The 
variety I keep is of the finest strain, and as 
good as any ever sold. 
Early Scarlet Olive-Shaped. This 
is similar to the Half Long French, but shorter, | 
and not quite so bright in color. It is early | 
and of good quality. Top short. 
White Summer Furnip. This is 
a summer and fall variety. Oblong in shape, | 
skin white. stands the heat well, but not much 
used. 
Scariet Half Long French. This 
is the most popular Radish for the market. 
It is of a bright scarlet color, and when well 
erown, from two to three inches long, very 
brittle and tender. 
Scarlet Olive-shaped, White tipped, 
or French Breakfast. A handsome 
Radish of the same shape as the foregoing 
kind, with end and root white. Quite tender. 
Black Spanish. (Winter.) This is 
sown during fall and early winter. It is oval 
in shape, solid, and stands considerable cold 
weather without being hurt. It can be sown 
broad-cast between Turnips, or planted in | 
I have sold nearly two thousand pounds of the seed 
rows a foot apart, thinned out from three to 
four inches in the rows. 
Chinese Rose. (Wnrter.) This is of 
a half long shape, bright rose color. It is as 
hardy as the last described kind, not so popu- 
lar, but superior to the foregoing kind. Con- 
sider it the best winter variety, 
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Early Long Scarlet. 
