60 BwMrd Frotscher^s Almanac and Garden Manual. 



PUMPKIN. 



PoTiROX (Fr.), KuERBiss (Ger.), Calabaza (Sp.)- 



Kentucky Field. | Cashaw Crook Neck. 



Large Cheese. | 



Are generally grown in the field, vdth the exception of the 

 Cashaw. which is planted in the garden ; but great care must be 

 taken not to have them close to Squashes or Melons, as they will 

 mix and spoil the quality of the same. Plant in hills from eight 

 to twelve feet apart. 



Kentucky Field. Large round, soft shell, salmon color, 

 very productive ; best for stock. 



I^arg'e Cheese. This is of a bright orange, sometimes 

 salmon color, fine grained and used for the table or for stock 

 feeding. 



Casha^v (Crook IVeck). This is very extensively culti- 

 vated in the South for table use. There are two kinds, one all 

 yellow aad the other green striped with light yellow color. The 

 latter is the preferable kind; the flesh is fine grained, yellow 

 and very sweet. - It keeps well. This variety takes the place 

 here of the Winter Squashes, which are very little cultivated. 



RADISH. 



Radies, Rave (Fr.), Radies, Rettig (Ger..), Rabano (Sp.) 



Early Long Scarlet. I White Summer Turnip. 

 Early Scarlet Tukxip. Scarlet Half Long French, 



Yellow Summer Turnip. Black ::jpanish (Wmter.) 



Early Scarlet Olive Shaped. | Chinese Rose i^Wii^ter.) 



This is a very popular vegetable, and grown to a large ex- 

 tent. The ground for radishes should be rich and mellow. The 

 early small varieties can be sown broad-cast among other crops, 

 such as beets, peas, spinach, or where lettuce has been trans- 

 planted. Early varieties are sown in this section the whole 

 year, but durmg summer they require frequent watering to 

 make them grow quickly. The Yellow and White Summer Tur- 

 nij) are best for planting during the summer months. The Half 

 Long Scarlet French is the only red kind raised for the Xew Or- 

 leans market, and all the other cities in the United States taken 

 together do not use as many of that one Vririety as New Orleans 

 does. I have Sold nearly two thousand pounds ot the seed per 

 annum for the last twelve years. 



Early Loiig Scarlet. This is a very desirable variety, it 

 is of a bright scarlet color, short top, and very brittle. - ^ 



Early Scarlet Turnip. A small, round variety, the fa- 

 vori! e kind for family use. It is very early, crisp and mild when 

 young. 



