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noir rond ameliore, Ben., '86: E. noir rond d'ete, VIL., '84: Ger., Eunde 
schwarzer feinlaubiger Sommer-Eettig, Ben., '86 : Schwarzer runder S. R., Vil' 
Root top-shaped, inclining to spherical, densely and finely cracked 
longitudinally, reminding one somewhat of the bark on young ash or 
hickory trees; black on the outside, the cracks dirty white; the root is 
also marked with a few whitish transverse lines; tap-root very long, 
rather thick; neck large; — foliage abundant, grayish green; leaves 
almost always cut to the midrib, lobes crenate, a shade darker than 
the very short, hairy petioles; — flesh white, with translucent rays, and 
a very distinct cambium line, firm but very acrid. 
Of medium season, and does not become pithy as soon as many 
others. 
No. 18. ROUND BLACK SPANISH, Hen. 
Syn. Black Eound Spanish Winter, Yil., '84: Black Spanish, Vil. : Black 
Spanish Eound, Sib., '83; Thor., '85: Black Spanish Winter Turnip, VEGr. 
GAR. : Fr., Radis de Strasbourg, Vil. : E. noir gros rond d'hiver, VIL., '84: 
Baifort cultive, Vil. ; Raifort d'hiver, Vil. : Ger., Runder grosser Mul- 
hauser Rettig, Vil. ; Runder schwarzer Winter-Rettig, Vil. : Holl., Ronde 
Zwarte rammenas, Vil. 
Root roundish or short top-shaped, growing beneath the soil; 
skin rough, black, with numerous and narrow white cracks; larger 
specimens sometimes rather deeply cracked longitudinally; surface 
often striate towards the well-defined but thick tap-root, the striae 
prominent and white; neck large; — foliage very abundant, clear or 
slightly grayish green; leaf segments numerous, extending nearly to 
apex, often somewhat folded on the midrib, borders undulate, surface 
of leaves somewhat roughened through the depression of the veins, 
but scarcely blistered; petioles pale green, sometimes a little tinged 
with red on the upper side; — flesh white, finely and distinctly rayed, 
rather tender, very acrid, crisp. 
The satmples described were about 2 in. in diameter in both direc- 
tions, but the root often attains 3 in. in diameter. 
It is not very late for a winter radish, and keeps well, but is one of 
the strongest in flavor of all varieties. 
A purple strain of this radish is extant, but has not been grown at 
the Station. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 531; Veg. Gar., p. 495. 
2. Root more or less distinctly oval. 
A. Root white. 
No. 19. WHITE OLIVE-SHAPED, Veg. Gar.; Vil., '84. 
Syn. Oblong White, Vil.: Fr., Eadis demi-long blanc, VIL., '84: Ger., 
Ovate weisse Radies, Vil. 
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