Winter Radishes. By Mr. William Christie. 13 



which is exposed above the ground ; the leaves are long, and 

 tinged with purple on the footstalks. 



4. Le Radis Gris Oblong. The Oblong Brown Radish, 

 has a pear-shaped bulb, with an elongated tap root ; it does 

 not grow particularly large, and is hardier than any of the 

 preceding, and therefore fit for late use. The flesh is hot, firm, 

 hard, and white ; the outside coat is rough and brown, 

 marked with white circles ; the leaves are dark green, and 

 rather spread over the ground ; the footstalks are stained 

 with purple. 



5. Le Radis Gros Noir d'Hivcr, or Le Radis Raifort, is our 

 Black Spanish Radish ; its bulb is oval, or rather regularly 

 pear-shaped, with a long small tap root; at first the root is 

 thin, but it swells as it advances in age, and acquires a large 

 size. The flesh is hot, firm, solid, and white ; the outside coat 

 is rough and black, the leaves are long, and incline to grow 

 flat on the ground ; the footstalks are purple. 



6. Le Radis Gros Violet d'Hiver. The Large Purple Winter 

 Radish is a beautiful variety, derived, without doubt, from 

 the Black Spanish, and may therefore be properly called 

 the Purple Spanish Radish. In shape and character it much 

 resembles the Black Spanish Radish, but the outside, when 

 cleaned, is of a beautiful purple colour, though it looks 

 black when first drawn from the earth, and the coat, when it 

 is cut through, shows the purple very prettily. The foot- 

 stalks of the leaves have a much deeper tinge of purple than 

 the other kind. 



The above six kinds of Radish, will supply the table with 

 variety in succession, through the autumn and winter, if the 

 whole are sown in July and brought into use in the order in 



