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White Summer. — A large, long, oval variety ; cultivated for 

 early Summer use, is of an excellent, mild flavor, bears the 

 heat well, and is a beautiful variety. 



Yellow Summer, or Yellow Turnip-rooted. — The very best 

 for cultivating, and indeed the only one that stands the heat 

 and drought with impunity. It is about an inch and a half 

 or two inches in diameter, and from two to three inches long. 



Black Spanish. — This is a Winter Radish, of very large 

 size ; Turnip form. It should be sown in August and Sep- 

 tember, lifted in October or November, and stored away in 

 sand in the cellar for supplying the table in Winter. It will 

 keep good till the following April. 



Culture. — There are few vegetables that require less arti- 

 ficial care and culture than the Radish. For the Spring crop, 

 it likes a light, rich, dry, sandy loam ; but for later crops, a 

 deep, moist soil is preferred. The first sowing should be made 

 on a south or east border, with the Early Turnip-Rooted 

 Beets. The Radish seed may be sown in drills between the 

 latter, very thinly, covering them with about a quarter of an 

 inch of fine earth. If the nights prove frosty, cover the bor- 

 der with straw, which will greatly advance the crop, and pre- 

 vent its destruction. If sown about the first of March, and good 

 weather ensue, they will be ready in the first week of April. 

 A second sowing with some other crop, such as Carrots, should 

 be made about two weeks later, and at the same time sow the 

 Turnip-Rooted varieties. Another sowing, of all the Salmon 

 and Turnip kinds, about the middle of April, to be followed 

 with two sowings of White and Yellow Summer Radishes, at in- 

 tervals, will be the principal crops for the season. Towards the 

 end of August and September, Early Scarlet Short-top may 

 again be sown : also the Black Spanish, as formerly directed. 

 Should they be too thick, at any time, when fairly up, they 

 must be thinned to an inch apart : for if allowed to grow crowd- 

 ed together : they will not produce a crop. It will take six 



