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a week at least after the other ; its flesh is not so transpa- 

 rent, and it is hotter to the taste ; the root has a thicker out- 

 side coat, and it tapers more suddenly. This grows to a 

 considerable bulk, and remains good when large, on which 

 account I should have been disposed to class it with the 

 autumn Radishes, had not its root been good and useful 

 when small, like that of the other spring Radishes. I sup- 

 pose it to be the same as Gerard's Raphanus sativus, or 

 Garden Radish, of which he says* " the root is grosse, long, 

 and white both within and without, and of a sharp taste." 

 It cannot be considered as a winter Radish, since it perishes 

 with frost. It is good to eat when large, even when it is 

 two or three inches in diameter. Its leaves are larger and 

 stronger than those of the common Radishes, having the 

 footstalk green, and free from other colour. All these cha- 

 racters seem to remove it strictly from the class of spindle- 

 shaped Radishes, though it might be considered an omission, 

 were it not noticed in this account. 



The French cultivate another white long-rooted Radish, 

 which they call Rave tortillee du Mans. The seed of this 

 was sent by M. Vilmorin, and the variety is mentioned in 

 the Bon Jardinier. The root grows long, and does not taper 

 much, but continues throughout of the same length ; a con- 

 siderable part of it grows above the ground, from whence 

 it does not rise straight, but is bent or twisted ; the exposed 

 part of the root is slightly tinged with green ; the flesh is 

 white and firm, without heat, and insipid; the leaves are 

 not so long or strong as those of the White Russian Radish, 

 and their footstalks are tinged with purple. The root is 

 * Gerard's Herbal!, by Johnson, page 237- 



