£40 OF ESCULENTS. SECT. XV- 



Thin the fmall turnep forts to four inches diftance, 

 and the large to fix or eight : Sow the two laft forts in 

 June, July, and Augujl. In Auguft, or September, fow 

 alfo fome of the other forts of radifhes, for winter ufe. 

 Turnep radifhes are rarely fown on hot-beds ; but the 

 fmall red fort will be found an agreeable early crop, and 

 may ftand as thick as the fpindle rooted kinds. 



The ground fhould be well dug for radifhes, efpecially 

 the long-rooted forts, and the feed carefully covered a 

 full half inch, leaving none on the top (if poffible) to 

 lure birds, which frequently do much mifchief to 

 the crop. It is a troublefome mode, but radifhes when 

 drilled are fafer, and being thinned in the rows by hand 

 they come fine. Make the drills for the tap rooted 

 forts, from two to three inches afunder, but for the 

 round wider. It is alfo a good method to fow radifhes 

 on beds four feet wide, and the mould being made fine 

 on the top, beat the feeds in w T ith the teeth of a wooden 

 rake till none appear, and then lightly draw the back 

 of the rake over, to fill up the holes ; or, having fown 

 the bed, cover with mould from the alleys, or earth 

 previoufly drawn afide. 



A fprinkle of radifh feed may be frequently fow r n 

 among other crops, as broad-caft fpinach ; and the 

 ground at fpring that is defigned for cauliflowers, may 

 very properly be fown with them, juft before the plants 

 are to be fet out, or between rows of beans. 



Draw the roots for ufe in a regular thinning way, 

 and thofe that are left will become the larger for it. 



Radifhes are fometimes fown thick for eating while 

 very young in the feed leaf, with other fmall fallading. 



Salsafy, though but little cultivated, is a ufeful 

 vegetable. Its young fhoots are eat as afparagus in 

 fpring, and its long white roots in autumn and winter 

 as carrots, fome of which are taken up, and preferved 

 in fand for winter ufe. Thofe left in the ground may 

 be dug up occafionally, or left to produce fhoots for 

 fpring, or may ftand for feed. Sow them early in 



March, 



