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VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



spring. It is a common practice to sow the seed of early kinds 

 in hotbeds between rows of lettuce and outdoors between, or in 

 the rows of beets, carrots, parsnips, etc. They will grow in al- 

 most any soil, but new land is best for them. The seed may be 

 sown as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, and if 

 sowings are made once every two weeks thereafter a succession 

 of tender roots may be had. 



Vv^inter radishes are grown and stored in the same manner 

 and fully as easily as turnips. The seed is sown in June or July. 



and the roots gath- 



f ered in autumn and 



stored in cellars or 

 pitted outdoors. They 

 keep very well. Win- 

 ter radishes closely 

 resemble the er.rly 

 kinds in quality, but 

 are firmer in texture. 

 The cabbage flea bee- 

 tle affects the young 

 radish plants in the 

 late spring and sum- 

 mer. (See chapter 

 on insects for reme- 

 dies.) The roots are 

 sometimes infested 

 with maggots, but 

 these are seldom 

 troublesome except 

 where fresh manure 

 Figure 77. — White Strasburg Radish. used or in land" 



where radishes have been grown for several years. It is best 

 not to manure the land for radishes but use rich soil that has 

 been put in good order by some previous crop. 



Varieties. — There are many kinds, differing from each other 

 in color, form, size time of maturity and taste. They are gen- 

 erally divided into early or forcing varieties, summer and au- 



