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The salmon-coloured, while Naples, and white turnep-rooted, are 
the best kinds to sow now; you may likewise, sow some of the 
white Spanish radish, they bear the warm weather, rather better 
than the other kinds, but are not so crisp and tender. The purple 
and short-top kinds, will yet do very well. 
At this season these seeds must be sown, in an open exposure, 
on beds of rich loose loamy earth, for if on a clay or gravelly soil, 
they would become sticky and good for nothing: in order to have 
them crisp and nice, they should be frequently watered in dry wea- 
ther. 
Planting Radishes for Seed. 
Transplant radishes for seed when the roots are just in their 
prime: if showery weather, it will be a particular advantage. 
Choose for this purpose, some of the best kinds, long, perfectly 
straight rooted, and with short tops; having also regard to the co- 
lour of the root, that is, if of the purple, or short topped kind, those 
that are of a clear pale red are preferable, as they generally eat 
more crisp and mild, than such as are of a darker colour. 
When intended to save seed of the salmon radish, always prefer 
the best and brightest coloured roots, to preserve the kind in its 
purity, and particularly those that have the shortest tops. 
The principal reason why radishes for seed are directed to be 
transplanted is, that, having drawn up a quantity for that purpose, 
you can the more readily judge of the goodness of the roots, taking 
only what are of the right sort, otherwise, the transplanting of them 
would be unnecessary, and those not so treated, would produce a 
much greater quantity of seed. 
Plant the roots by dibble, in rows four feet asunder, in an open 
situation, one foot from each other in the row, and give them a 
good watering immediately after. 
Select, also, some of the best formed white and red turnep-rooted 
radishes, of moderate growth, hoe the others out and let these re- 
main for seed; or if necessity requires, you may transplant them; 
in that case; plant the bulbs or roots entirely in the earth, leaving 
the tops free and then water them. 
Spinach, 
When spinach is required in continuation, some of the round 
leaved sort may be sown in a cool moist loamy soil, every eight or 
ten days; for during the summer months, it starts to seed imme- 
diately. 
Weed and thin the spinach sown last month, especially, what had 
been sowed in the broad cast way; and of your early crops, both 
of the round-leaved, and prickly-seeded kinds, leave a sufficiency of 
the best plants for seed. 
Sowing Carrots. 
Carrots may yet be sown, especially, in the eastern states, 
with a good prospect of success, if done in the first week of this 
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