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Kentucky Field. Large round, 

 soft shell, salmon color; very produc- 

 tive; best for stock. 



Large Cheese. This is of a 

 bright orange, sometimes salmon 

 colcr, fine grained, and used for ta- 

 ble or stock feeding. 



Cashaw Crook Neck. This is 

 extensively cultivated in the South 

 for table use. There are two kinds, 

 one all yellow and and the other 

 green striped with light yellow color. 

 The latter is the preferable kind; the 

 flesh is fine grained, yellow, very 

 sweet, and better than any Winter 

 Squash. It keeps well; it takes the 

 place here of the Winter Squashes, 

 which are very little cultivated. The 



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Golden Yellow Mammoth. 



striped variety has been culti- 

 vated here since a century and 

 never was found North or West; 

 within a few years it has been 

 brought out by Northern seeds- 

 men as "Japan Pie Pump- 

 kin." We had this kind grown 

 alongside of the Southern 

 Striped Cashaw and found it 

 one and the same. 



Golden Yellow Mammo th. 

 This is a very large Pumpkin. 

 Flesh and skin are of a bright 

 golden color, fine grained, and 

 of good quality. Some were 

 brought to the store weighing 

 one hundred to one hundred 

 and fifty pounds, raised on land 

 which was not manured or fer- 

 tilized. 



RADISH. 



Radtes, Rave (Fr.), Radies; Rettig (Ger.), Rabano ^Sp.) 



Early Long Scarlet. 

 Char tier's Long Radish. 

 Eo rly Sea rlet Tu rn ip . 

 Golden Globe. 



Early Scarlet, Olive-shaped. 

 White Summer Turnip. 

 Scarlet Half Long French. 



Scarlet Olive shaped, White Tipped or 



French Breakfast. 

 Black Spanish, winter. 

 Chinese Rose, winter. 

 White Strasburgh. 

 White California Mammoth. 



This is a popular vegetable, and grown to a large extent. The ground for radishes 

 should be rich and mellow. The early small varieties can be sown broad-cast among other 

 crops, such as beets, peas, spinach, or where lettuce 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 Golden Globe, White Summer Turnip and White Stras- 

 burgh are best for planting during the summer months. The Half Long Scarlet French 

 is the only red kind raised for the New Orleans market, and all the other cities in the 

 United States taken together do not use as many of that one variety as New Orleans does 



