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gency and grateful relish when mixed with salads, or eaten 

 raw with bread and butter. They are supposed to possess me- 

 dicinal qualities, abounding with a penetrating, nitrous juice, 

 rendering them a good antiscorbutic. It is not admitted that 

 they contain much nourishment. They should, however, 

 when eaten, be very brisk and sprightly, always young; 

 not tough, thready, nor overgrown. The young leaves make 

 an agreeable mixture with Lettuce, Mustard, &c, as a green 

 salad. There is an immense quantity of this article consumed 

 in the Spring and early Summer season. It is a never-ending 

 crop. Being of a rapid growth, it is up and consumed before 

 the crops of Beets, Carrots, &c, make any headway, so that it 

 occupies no ground as a crop by itself. There are many vari- 

 eties, among which we select the following as most desirable. 



Scarlet Short-top. — This is a long, tapering Radish, of a good 

 scarlet color, with very short leaves. It is preferred by all 

 gardeners, as it requires much less room than those with large 

 tops, and is also the very earliest variety, when obtained pure. 



Eouiiy Salmon. — Very similar to the former, though not of 

 so bright a color, and is a few days later. It succeeds it very 

 conveniently, and is of the same shape. 



Olive-shaped. — This variety appears to be between the Scar- 

 let Short-top and the Red Turnip Radish, partaking of both 

 shapes (being a long oval) and maturing for the table between 

 those two varieties. 



White Turnip-rooted. — Very appropriately named, and 

 highly esteemed. It succeeds those already described in ma- 

 turing, and will bear the heat better, without becoming hard 

 and stringy. 



Red Turnip-rooted. — In shape and size like the White, ma- 

 tures at the same time, and when grown with it, makes a beau- 

 tiful variety on the table. 



Long White Portugal. — A very beautiful variety, in the 

 shape of the Early Short-top. It does not come so soon as 

 that sort, but makes a decided contrast with it. 



