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Yellow Summer Turnip or Golden Globe. 



YELLOW SUMMER TURNIP OR 

 GOLDEN GLOBE. — This stands the heat 

 better than the foregoing: kind. It is of an 

 oblong- shape, and of a beautiful bright 

 yellow color. It should be sown very 

 thinly. Best adapted for summer and fall 

 sowing - . 



EARLY SCARLET, OLIVE SHAPED. — 

 This is similar to the Half Long- French, 

 but shorter and not quite so bright in 

 color. It is early and of good quality. Top 

 short. 



BRIGHTEST SCARLET OR % LONG.— 



A decided improvement in earliness and 

 color over other varieties of its class. Pit 

 for use in about twenty-five days, when 

 planted outdoors; has a small top, and no 

 neck; bright scarlet color. 



SCARLET, OLIVE-SHAPED, WHITE 

 TIPPED OR FRENCH BREAKFAST.— A 



handsome Radish of the same shape as the 

 Scarlet Half Long French, with end and 

 root white. Quite tender. 



BLACK SPANISH.— (Winter.) This is 

 sown during fall and early winter. It is 

 oval in shape, solid, and stands consider- 

 able cold weather without being hurt. It 

 can be sown broadcast between turnips or 

 planted in rows a foot apart; thinned out 

 from three to four inches in the rows. 



WHITE VIENNA. — Root white, very 

 smooth and clean skinned, straight spindle 

 shaped, from 2 to nearly 3 inches long, and 

 from 4-5 to 1 inch broad at the top; neck 

 short, rounded, tinged with green and very 

 narrow at the insertion of the leaf stalk; 

 leaves rather large, broad and light green. 

 An early variety. 



ROQUETTE. 



Sandwich Island 



Mammoth. 



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Roquette (Fr.) 

 CULTURE. — Sow from September to March. It is used as 

 a salad; similar to Cress in taste. 



SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT. 



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Salsifis (Fr.), Haferwurzel (Ger.), Ostra Vegetal (Sp.), 

 Sassefrica (Ital.> 



CULTURE. — A vegetable which ought to be more cultivated 

 than it is. It is prepared in different ways, and partakes of 

 the flavor of oysters. It should be sown in the fall of the 

 year, not later than November. The ground ought to be 

 manured the spring previous, deeply spaded and well pul- 

 verized. Sow in drills, about 10 inches apart, and thin out to 

 three or four inches in the rows. 



SANDWICH ISLAND. — (Mammoth). This is a sort that 

 grows much quicker than the old varieties. It attains a 

 large size; can be called with right mammoth. It is superior 

 to the old kinds and has come into general cultivation. 



SORREL. 



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Oseille (Fr.)„ 



Sauerampfer (Ger.) 



Acedera (Sp), 



Acetosa (Ital.) 



C U L T U R E.— 



Plant in drills 

 foot apart, during 

 the fall of the 

 year, and thinned 

 out from 3 to 4 

 inches in the drills. 

 Sorrel is used for £■■■'■ .,.,,.■., 

 various purposes in r :< :: .% 

 the kitchen. It is "r^g 

 used the same as 

 Spinach, also in 

 soup and as salad. 



Sorrel. 



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