OLDS’ CRISPY 
RADISHES 
386. WHITE ICICLE. (27 days.) Con¬ 
sidered the finest of all for table use. The roots 
attain a length of about 5% inches, tapering 
regularly from near the shoulder to the tip. It 
is crisp, mild, sweet, and keeps well. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; 1/4 lb., 25c; lb., 70c, postpaid. 
Olds Radisli Seed is grown from hand-trans¬ 
planted roots. In this way the types are kept 
pure and true and no seed is produced that is 
not from perfectly sound radishes. Growers 
who raise radishes for the market should use 
only seed of this type. The crop can be placed 
on *the market earlier than from ordinary seed 
and also quality radishes can be had long after 
radishes grown from ordinary seed have be¬ 
come pithy and hollow. All growers should sow 
the best seed obtainable if they want to receive 
the maximum profit from their crop. For larger 
amounts see our Market Gardeners’ List. 
White Icicle. 
CULTURE: Please Note. Planting radish 
seed at improper depths is often the cause of the 
bulbs being various shapes. Plant about V 2 inch 
deep. Sow as early as the ground can be worked. 
Radishes do best on a light, rich, mellow soil. 
Sow in drills 10 inches apart and thin to 2 
inches in the row. Sow the early round red sorts 
first, the long-growing varieties a week later, and 
the winter varieties in July and August. One 
packet will sow 25 feet; 12 pounds an acre. 
WINTER RADISHES—See next page. 
375. SAXA. (22 days.) This variety is 
of a fine scarlet color, round with a very small 
top and tap root. It is very early, crisp, juicy 
and mild. Used extensively for greenhouse 
forcing, and early market. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
Vi lb., 26c; lb., 70c, postpaid. 
March 3, 1939. 
"Your seeds are very fine. I have cabbage in my 
cellar yet; nice and solid. The best I ever used. 
Your seeds are the best I ever planted in my gar¬ 
den. Am telling all my neighbors about them.” 
Mrs. G. Ze%ber Stultz, Maryland. 
373. FRENCH BREAKFAST. (25 
days.) Our largest seller with the exception of 
White Icicle. French Breakfast is a quick¬ 
growing, handsome, olive-shaped radish, deep 
scarlet in color, with a clearly defined white tip 
at the base. It measures about % of an inch 
through and about twice that in length with very 
small top and tap root. Flesh pure white and 
very crisp, tender and mild. Our favorite radish. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; lb., 70c, postpaid. 
MAGGOT CONTROL. 
Corrosive Sublimate will control maggots 
which attack cabbage, onion and radish crops. 
Mix one ounce with 10 gallons of water. Pour 
this solution around the base of the plants 
when they are two to three inches tall. Use 
one gallon to every 35 feet of row. For cab¬ 
bage plants use one-half teacup to a plant. 
Corrosive Sublimate may be obtained from 
your local druggist. 
384. CINCINNATI MARKET. (28 
days.) An improved strain of Long Scarlet. The 
tops are very small, so that they may be grown 
close together. It is a long red radish, growing 
straight and smooth, with crisp, mild flesh and 
pleasant flavor. One of the very best market 
varieties. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; lb., 
70c, postpaid. 
Olds’ Icy Crisp. 
387. OLDS’ ICY CRISP. (20 days.) A 
bright scarlet, round radish, very crisp and 
tender. The tops are very small making it an 
ideal variety for forcing. This radish can be 
grown from seed in from 16 to 20 days. Olds’ 
Icy Crisp is in fact all that one could ask for 
in a radish. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi Ih., 30c; lb., 
80c, postpaid. 
March 31. 1939. 
"The seeds I bought from you are just the best 
j ever bought when it comes to germination. Hope 
they produce as zvell this time.’ 
Mrs. Robert C. Pool, Georgia. 
377. EARLY SCARLET 
GLOBE. (Vick’s.) (24 days.) 
One of the best all around rad¬ 
ishes for early outdoor sowing. 
The skin is a bright scarlet; 
flesh, pure white, crisp, tender 
and of delicious quality. Our 
stock is a special strain of 
Michigan grown. Medium top. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; 
lb., 80c, postpaid. 
376. CRIMSON GIANT. 
(28 days.) An extra large rad¬ 
ish, often growing to double the 
size of the other early turnip¬ 
shaped varieties, while retain¬ 
ing its firmness and crispness 
longer than other earlies. It is 
quick growing, siiitable for both 
forcing and outdoor growing. 
Roots are of a handsome deep 
crimson, varying in shape from 
round to oval. Flesh, pure 
white; flavor mild. We highly 
recommend this radish. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; lb., 
70c, postpaid. 
_TIP 
370. OLDS’ BRIGHTEST WHITE 
TIP. (Sparkler.) (26 days.) A splendid selec¬ 
tion of the Early Scarlet Turnip White Tipped 
Radish, but showing more white, practically the 
whole lower half being pure white, and the 
upper half bright scarlet. Mild, crisp and 
sweet. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 26c; lb., 70c, 
postpaid. 
374. TWENTY DAY, (20 days.) An 
extra early, olive-shaped deep scarlet radish. It 
is especially adapted for forcing, and is also an 
excellent garden variety. Flesh is crisp and 
mild. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c: lb., 80c, 
postpaid. 
378. WHITE OLIVE SHAPED. (20 
days.) A pure white olive shaped radish, sim¬ 
ilar to Olds’ Twenty Day but white in color. 
Flesh is crisp and tender. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
Vi lb., 25c; lb., 70c, postpaid. 
386. JEWEL. (20 days.) One of the 
earliest and quickest growing radishes. Every 
plant makes a radish so uniform and alike that 
a person made the remark that they seem to be 
manufactured and not grown. The bulb is half 
long, blunt ended, and bright red. Similar to 
French Breakfast but without the white tip. 
This is a type of radish that market gardeners 
have been wanting for a long time. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., 90c, postpaid. 
March 21, 1939. 
"We have the best of luck with your seeds and 
think they are the best ever. My mother always 
used your Dollar Collection and liked it fine.” 
Ralph Leroy Thomas, Wisconsin. 
394. MIXED RADISH. An assortment 
of radishes may be easily grown together with 
pleasing results, affording the diner his choice 
of long, olive or turnip-shaped, in white, red or 
rose. This mixture will furnish good radishes 
for a long season with only one planting. Pkt., 
3c; oz., 6c; Vi lb., 16c; lb., 46c, postpaid. 
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