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critical time that so many fail in raising radishes 

 under glass. They require more room to grow when 

 forced than in the open air. About two inches is the 

 proper distance to thin them. 



On warm days admit air hy raising the sash, and water 

 when the soil becomes dry. About the first of April 

 you will have them growing nicely. Now mark out an- 

 other row between each two rows of the first planting, 

 and sow radish seed again. When these are ready for 

 thinning, the first planting will be ready for the table. 

 About 20 bunches per sash is the average yield, and all 

 will be crisp, and uniform in size and shape. Continue 

 this system of planting as long as you want radishes. 



When the weather becomes warm enough, remove the 

 sash entirely from the frame. About October make 

 your last planting for the year. This will give you a 

 supply for Christmas. Place the glass over them about 

 November i. I would advise earthing up firmly around 

 the frame before freezing weather, and to cover the glass 

 with matting at night. With this protection you can 

 keep them in good condition until time for planting 

 again. The best variety is the Early Scarlet Globe. It 

 is a most attractive radish, far surpassing anything we 

 have ever tried for general cultivation. 



New Jersey. T. M. White. 



MR. YEOMANS NOT MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE NEW. 



Results are largely affected by climatic conditions, 

 yet may be modified by the gardener. Thus we have 

 grown onions for years successfully upon the same plat 

 of ground, manuring with composted barn-yard manure, 

 but for one or two seasons the crops fell off. By way 

 of change we applied ashes liberally, and we had a 

 very fine crop. Was the increase due to the ashes, to 

 weather, to "pedigree seed," or to something else of 

 which we know nothing ? 



We are not easily led away with enthusiasm for new 

 varieties, as we have been disappointed too many 

 times. In these days a new sort must possess unusual 

 and undisputed merit, in order to force itself into con- 

 tinued use. 



No selection of varieties can be adapted to all sec- 

 tions. Every grower must be an experimenter for him- 

 self. By careful observation, and the exercise of sound 

 judgment, he may be enabled to determine with a fair 

 degree of certainty what is best for him. 



For some reason, presumably climatic, in our vicin- 

 ity tomatoes of all varieties last season proved nearly 

 an entire failure. 



Connecticut. Wm. H. Yeomans. 



" "Behold the original and primitive nobilitv of all those great persons who are 

 too proud now not only to till the ground, hut almost to tread upon it. We may 

 talk what we please of lilies and lions rampant, and spread eagles in fields d'or 

 or d' argent; hut if heraldry were guided hy reason, a plough in a field arable 

 would he the most noble and ancient arms." 



— Abram Cowley. 



