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for forcing ; remarkable also for its scant foliage, often confined to 

 the two cotyledons and two 

 additional small, short, and 

 rough leaves. This, with 

 its great earliness, makes it 

 apt for growing under glass. 

 It seldom seeds. 



Triumph Radish. — In 

 general characteristics it 

 belongs to the forcing 

 turnip-rooted Radishes ; it 

 has their globe-shaped root, 

 small leaves, and their 

 earliness. Its peculiarity 

 consists in thescarlet streaks 

 with which the white root 

 is covered. On some roots 



either the red or the white Forcing Bright Red Leafless Radish. 



colour predominates, but as 



a rule the stripes are distinct, and contrast agreeably with the 

 uniform colouring of the other early Radishes. 



White Turnip Radish. — A handsome variety. Root nearly 



round, flattened only when 

 it attains a very large 

 size ; leaves pretty large, 

 erect, and light green. 

 Although it is only two 

 or three days later than 

 the Early White Turnip 

 Radish, this kind is more 

 suitable for open-air cul- 

 ture than for forcing. The 

 flesh is white, firm, and 

 agreeably pungent. 



Small Early White 

 Turnip Radish. — Root 

 rounded, usually flattened 

 above and underneath, 

 often twice as broad as 



f deep ; leaves short, rather 



' . : spreading, very much cut 



^ . . or divided, somewhat gray, 

 * ' ' ■ ' i i ; ; : , ; H . : M |r and tinged with brown on 



' the veins and in the middle. 



Triumph Radish. ^j^j^ variety the roots 



do not swell very quickly, as they take at least from twenty to 



