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Small Early White Turnip Radish 

 natural size). 



twenty-five days from the time of sowing before they are fit to 

 be pulled for use. It is, however, employed for forcing, especially 

 in northern countries. Even when quite small, this Radish is 



remarkably pungent, and its flavour 

 is sometimes so strong as to be 

 hardly endurable. 



Early Purple Turnip Radish. 

 — Root slightly top-shaped, of a 

 fine clear violet colour ; flesh white, 

 almost transparent ; leaves rather 

 large, cut, or divided, erect, and 

 light green. The roots of this 

 variety take about a month to 

 swell, but they remain a long time 

 without becoming hollow at the 

 centre. It is a true " all-the-year- 

 round" Radish. 



White-tipped Purple Turnip 

 Radish. — A handsome, small kind, 

 with an almost spherical root, dark 

 violet-colour around the neck, becoming paler towards the lower 

 extremity, which is white. Leaf-stalks and veins of the leaves 

 violet-coloured or brown ; leaves rather scant. Like the Early 

 White-tipped Scarlet Radish, this variety should be sown at intervals 

 of about a fortnight, as it soon becomes hollow. 



Very Early Yellow Turnip Radish. — Great numbers of yellow 

 Radishes have during the past few years been recommended as 

 sufficiently early to rank among the forcing 

 Radishes, and none deserves better than 

 this to be classed among such Radishes. 

 The root is formed in summer within about 

 twenty-five days; it is perfectly round, well 

 shaped, and of a fine ochre-yellow. The 

 leaves are short and few in comparison 

 with the size of the root. 



B. Intermediate, or Olive-shaped, 



Varieties 



Olive-shaped Scarlet Radish.— Root 

 ovoid, slightly elongated, usually olive- 

 shaped, sometimes almost cylindrical for 

 a good part of its length, and rounded 

 at both ends. In colour a very deep 

 carmine ; flesh white, firm, and crisp ; 

 leaves rounded^ light green, rather broad. 



Olive-shaped Scarlet Radish 

 (I natural size). 



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