SMALL, OR FORCING, RADISHES 615 



and not quite so large as those of the Scarlet Turnip Radish. This 

 is one of the kinds which are most extensively grown in kitchen- 

 gardens and for market supply. It grows well in the open ground, 

 and remains some time without becoming hollow. * The market- 

 gardeners of Paris often try to raise it with 

 the roots long and slender, rather than ovoid 

 in shape, and they succeed in doing so by 

 covering the beds with compost or leaf-mould 

 as soon as the young plants are pretty well up. 



French Breakfast Radish. — Under this 

 name two distinct varieties are grown, differing 

 from each other not only in colour, but also in 

 productiveness, etc. The Parisian strain is a 

 very handsome variety, of the same shape as 

 the preceding, or not quite so long ; skin a 

 florid and rather lively pink on the upper French Breakfast Radish, 

 part — four-fifths — of the root, and white on 



the lower part. Like the White-tipped Scarlet Turnip Radish, 

 this variety is exceedingly early ; but the root very soon becomes 

 hollow if it is not pulled as soon as it is fully formed. It grows 

 much better in a hot-bed, or in compost or leaf-mould, than in 

 ordinary garden soil. 



The kind known as the Southern strain is rather thicker and 

 longer in the root than the Parisian, and the pink colour is not 

 quite so bright, and one-fourth of the root is white. The greater 



size of the white blotch of this variety 

 distinguishes it sufficiently, and it has 

 the advantage of being well suited for 

 sowings during summer in the open 

 ground, whereas the Parisian sort is a 

 market-garden Radish. 



Forcing Olive-shaped Scarlet 

 White-tipped Radish. — Root twice 

 or thrice as long as thick, almost 

 cylindrical, of a bright rose colour, 

 ending in a fine tap-root which is 

 white, as is also the end of the root. 

 The leaves are not different from those 

 of other forcing Radishes. It is one 

 of the earliest, being, under average 

 conditions, fit for pulling from fifteen 

 to eighteen days after sowing. 

 Deep Scarlet Intermediate Radish. — This variety is as distinct 

 in the colour of the skin as it is in the shape of the root, which is 

 longer, and terminates in a longer and finer point than that of any 

 other Intermediate variety. Leaves light green in colour, rather 



Deep Scarlet Intermediate Radish. 



