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moud are of fine quality and productive, but will not sell so well as 
the California Yam when taken to market. For home consumption 
they are fine, and deserve to be cultivated. 
PUMPKIN. 
Potiron (Fr.), KiiRBiss (Get\), Calabaza ^Sp. i. 
Kentucky Field. | Cash aw Crook Neck. 
Large Cheese. 
Are generally grown in the field, with the exception of the Ca- 
shaw, which is planted in the garden ; but great care must be taken not 
to plant them close to Squashes or Melons, as they will mix and spoil 
the quality of the same. Plant in hills from eight to twelve feet 
apart. 
Kentucky Field. Large round, soft shell, salmon color; very 
productive ; best for stock. . 
Larg:e Cheese. This if of a bright orange, sometimes salmon 
color, finegrained, and used for the table or for stole feeding. 
Cashaw (Crook Neck.) This is very extensively cultivated in 
the South for table use. There are two kinds, one all yellow and the 
other green striped with light yellow color. The latter is the prefer¬ 
able kind ; the flesh is fine grained, yellow and very sweet. It. keeps 
well. This variety takes the place here of the Winter Squashes, which 
are very little cultivated. 
Radies, Rave (Fr. 
Early Long Scarlet. 
Early Scarlet Turnip. 
Yellow Summer Turnip. 
Early Scarlet Olive-shaped. 
White Summer Turnip. 
RADISH. 
Radies, Rettig (Ger.), Rabano (Sp.) 
Scarlet Half Long French. 
Scarlet Olive-shaped, Wiiite- 
tipped or French Breakfast. 
Black Spanish (Winter). 
Chinese Rose (Winter). 
This is a very popular vegetable, and grown to & 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 varie¬ 
ties are sown in this section the whole year, but during summer they 
require frequent watering to make them grow quickly. The Yellow and 
White Summer Turnip 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. I have sold nearly two thousand pounds of the seed 
,per annum for the last twelve years. 
Early Long Scarlet. This is a very desirable variety, it is of 
a bright scarlet color, short top, and very brittle. 
Early Scarlet Faria ip. A small, round variety, the favorite 
kind for family use. It is very early, crisp and mild when young. 
