GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
87 
has been transplanted. Early varieties are sown in this section the whole year, 
but during summer they require frequent watering to make them grow quickly. 
The Yellow Summer Turnip or Golden Globe, White Summer Turnip and White 
Strasburg are best for planting during the Summer months. 
Rosy Gem. 
searlet color on top, and pure white at 
the bottom, the colors blending with each 
other so delicately as to excite the ad- 
miration of every lover of this healthful 
and valuable vegetable. 
ceedingly tender, crisp and very delicious. 
Well adapted for shipping or the home 
garden. 
New and Earliest White. Twenty days 
from planting to the table, the earliest on 
record. Pure white, olive shaped; very 
little top, quality unexcelled. Very mild 
and tender. 
Early Scarlet Turnip. 
Early Scarlet Turnip. A small round 
variety, the favorite kind for family use. 
It is very early, crisp and mild when 
young. 
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. 
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. E 
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. 
Chinese Rose. (Winter.) This is of a 
half long shape, and bright rose color. 
It is as hardy as the last described, not 
so popular, but superior to the foregoing 
kind. Consider it the best winter variety. ‘ color; short top and brittle. 
Perfectly round, deep | 
ee 
————— NE NS ate 
White Strasburgh. Of an oblong, taper- 
ing shape; the skim and flesh are pure 
_ white, firm, brittle and tender, and has a- 
| tendency of retaining its crispness even 
when the roots are old and large. It is 
It is also ex- | a very good kind for summer use, as it 
' withstands the severest heat, and grows 
very quickly. 
White California Mammoth. This is a 
winter variety of large size, but can be 
sown here in early spring. It is the 
largest of all the Radishes, and grows 
from 8 to 12 inches long, 2 to 3 in 
diameter. 
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. 
Zsa 
PE eB . 
| | 
j } 
| \ 
ae ) \ / 
be 
Early Long Scarlet (Short Top.) 
Early Long Scarlet (Short Top.) This 
is a desirable variety; of a bright scarlet 
Poultry Punches for Marking Chickens. 
