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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Small Black Summer Turnip Radish.— A variety which 

 comes pretty near the preceding one, but more deeply coloured, 

 and from eight to ten days later. The skin is black, cracked and 



furrowed with white 

 lines. The flesh is very 

 white and firm, and 

 pungent. 



White Strasburg, 

 or White Hospital, 

 Summer Radish.— An 

 early and, at the same 

 time, very productive 

 variety. Root pointed, 

 from 4 to nearly 5 in. 

 long, and 2 in. or less 

 in diameter; skin white; 

 flesh white, rather tender, 

 and not too pungent ; 

 leaves large, broad, half- 

 erect, deeply lobed, and 

 ol a light green. The roots may be pulled about six weeks after 

 sowing, at which time they are two-thirds of their full size. 

 They will continue to increase in size for a month or more 

 without spoiling. 



Black Long Summer Radish. — Evidently derived from the 

 Black Long Winter Radish, and therefore properly a winter Radish ; 



White Strasburg Radish natural size). Black Long Summer Radish. 



but we class it among the summer kinds not only because of its 

 being readily grown in summer, but also because it forms a link 

 between the two groups. Its root is smoother, more cylindrical 



Early Golden-yellow Oval Radish. 



