SUMMER AND AUTUMN RADISHES 623 



Skin and flesh white ; leaves somewhat broader and stiffer than 

 those of the preceding variety, but not so erect. The roots may 

 be pulled for use about six weeks after sowing, although they will 

 continue to increase in size for some time longer without deteriorating 

 in quality. When they 

 have attained their full 

 size, they are too large 

 to be served up entire, 

 and are cut into slices 

 like the winter Radishes. 



Yellow Summer 

 Turnip Radish. — Root 

 almost spherical or top- 

 shaped, sometimes longer 

 than broad, fit for use when 

 about if in. in diameter, 

 but often hollow when it 

 exceeds that size ; skin 

 dark or grayish yellow, 

 veined lengthways with small white lines produced by fine longi- 

 tudinal cracks ; flesh white, compact, and very pungent ; leaves 

 broad and long. This Radish grows rather rapidly, the roots being 

 fit for use in about five weeks after sowing. With the exception 

 of the Black Spanish Radish, no other variety, perhaps, has so 

 strong a flavour. The flavour of the flesh is not, however, always 

 invariable in any variety of Radish, and the conditions of soil 

 and climate have a very great influence in 

 increasing or diminishing its pungency. 



Golden-yellow Summer Turnip Radish. 

 — An earlier variety, better shaped than the 

 preceding. Is usually classed among the 

 forcing or monthly varieties, but though 

 early it is seldom fit for use within a month, 

 and it is undoubtedly a summer Radish. 

 The root is a fine yellow, spherical or 

 slightly top-shaped, with few and small- 

 sized leaves. 



Early Golden-yellow Oval Summer 

 Radish. — A quick-growing kind, distin- 

 ^ ,j ,10 guished for bein^ a fine yellow colour, and 



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Turnip Radish. usually oval-shaped. In quality the same 



as the last described sorts. 

 Gray Summer Turnip Radish. — Root almost spherical or top- 

 shaped. Except in colour it is very like the Yellow Summer 

 Turnip Radish, being of the same size, equally early, and having 

 the skin cracked in the same way. 



