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F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., INC., Washington, D. C. 



6 Ounces of Seed will 

 Plant 100-Yard Row. 



RADISH 



Eight to Twelve 

 Lbs. to the Acre. 



Prices Include Postage on Pkts., Ozs., Vi Lbs. and Lbs 



Radishes are one of the most popular spring and summer 

 vegetables, and it is easy by successive sowings to have a 

 generous supply throughout the entire season. 



We have divided the varieties into four classes, and call 

 attention especially to the long-rooted sorts which remain 

 in condition a long time before becoming pithy. 



Suggest that you try the White Chinese Winter, sowing 

 the seed the same time as recommended for turnips. 



CULTURE 



Radishes thrive best 

 in light, rich, mellow 

 soil, and to bring out 

 their mild qualities 

 they must make quick 

 and tender growth. Sow 

 for very early use in 

 hotbeds during the win- 

 ter and early spring, or 

 later on in sheltered 

 borders in well-ma- 

 nured, deeply-dug and 

 finely-raked soil. If 

 not well stimulated into 

 a rapid grovrth they 

 become fibrous and 

 tough. Sow in drills 

 10 inches apart and thin 

 to 2 inches in the rows. 

 Sow at intervals of 2 

 or 3 weeks until Sep- 

 tember for a succession. 

 Sow winter varieties in 

 July and August. Like 

 the turnips, they make 

 the best growth in the 

 autumn, and must be 

 taken out before severe 

 frost and stored away 

 in a cool cellar in sand 

 or in a pit where they 

 will keep tender and 

 crisp all the winter. 

 Before using, put in 

 cold water, which adds 

 to their freshness. 



Scarlet Globe Radish 



Extra Early Round Varieties 



79. Bolgiano's No. 2 Scarlet Globe Radish. 



("Best in Garden" Variety.) Is the very best in every 



way. It is handsome in form and color, beautiful oval 

 and rich scarlet. The amount of its foliage is small, 

 compared with other varieties, and small for the size 

 of the radish. The peculiar merit of this variety as a 

 forcing radish is that it will bear the heat requisite for 

 forcing without becoming pithy or spongy. The flesh 

 is tender, juicy and mild. It is equally as good for open 

 garden as for forcing, and therefore it commends itself 

 equally to the amateur and market gardener. Pkt. 

 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; '4 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



311. Model White Box. An early variety, very popu- 

 lar with market gardeners. Radishes grow 1 to iy2 inches 

 in diameter, with pure paper- white skin; crisp, mild flesh. 

 Largely planted in the field for the earliest market crop. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 1/4 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



259. Scarlet Olive-Shaped. This radish, olive shaped, 

 has a distinct, bright-scarlet color. The whole crop matur- 

 ing at one time makes it very desirable. It is among the 

 best shippers. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 14 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 

 75 cts. 



91. Scarlet Turnip White-Tip Radish, it has been 

 brought to our market two weeks after planting, and always 

 is a very earlv crop for frames and for open ground culture. 

 Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; V4 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 65 cts. 



Scarlet Turnip White-Tip Radish 



55. GlowingBallRadish.lt is a round forcing short 

 top radish, very bright scarlet with almost an orange glow. 

 Glowing ball is the result of five years development from an 

 unusually bright colored specimen selected from round scar- 

 let radish. It can be used for greenhouse as well as for the 

 open. It has a very attractive color and a smooth, silky skin, 

 short topped, very small top root, ball shaped and about one 

 inch in diameter. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; '/^ lb. 35 cts.; 

 lb. $1.00, postpaid. 



208. French Breakfast. Elongated olive-shaped roots; 

 color bright carmine with base of root and top root clear 

 white. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Y^ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



316. Crimson Giant. This new radish is an entirely 

 new type and differs radically from all the varieties hitherto 

 in cultivation, in so far as its roots attain more than double 

 the size of those of other turnip varieties, without getting 

 pithy or hollow. This giant radish develops roots of 6 to 7 

 inches in circumference and over an 

 ounce in weight, their pure white 

 flesh remaining firm and crisp and 

 of the mildest flavor, notwithstand- 

 ing the extraordinary size and 

 weight of the roots. The seed should 

 be sown very thinly to permit full 

 development of the roots. Pkt. 10 

 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Yi lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75c. 



Early Long Varieties 



278. White Icicle or Lady 

 Finger. (See illustration.) A long 

 radish, transparent wliite, small top, 

 allowing close planting, and is very 

 crisp and brittle. The Radishes re- 

 rnain in good condition for a long 

 time while gro-wing, allowing con- 

 tinuous use from one planting. Pkt. 

 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; Y4 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 

 75 cts. 



95. Improved Early Long 

 Scarlet Short Top. This improved 

 strain of the Long Scarlet Radish 

 is regai'ded by our most extensive 

 gardeners to be the finest stock 

 grown; for earliness, brilliancy of 

 color and shortness of top, it can- 

 not be surpassed, and it is the most 

 profitable one to grow for an early 

 crop. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Y4 lb. 

 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



White Icicle Radish 



One Large 10c Pkt. of Any Three Varieties of Radish Seed for 25 cts, Postpaid 



