New Yoke Agricultural Experiment Station. 157 
" Of all radishes, this is the one that gives the largest product in a 
given time." Vil. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 526; Veg. Gar., p. 491. 
D. Root purple. 
No. 28. PURPLE OLIVE-SHAPED, Veg. Gar. 
Syn. Purple Olive-Shape WJiite- Tipped, Vil., '84: Violet Olive-Shaped 
White Tipped, Vil.: Fr., Badis demi-long violet a bout Mane, VIL., '84: 
Ger., Ovale violette Eadies untenweiss, Vil. 
Root oval, sometimes approaching pyriform, growing slightly out of 
the ground, blackish purple about the neck, gradually becoming paler 
until it is pure white about the tap-root; — foliage scanty; petioles 
usually washed with purple above; — flesh white, with or without 
translucent rays, rather tough and piquant; — season nearly inter- 
mediate between the spring and summer radishes. It is best suited 
to open culture, but is sometimes used for forcing. 
3. Root Conical, or Cylindri-conical. 
A. Root White. 
No. 29. LANDRETH'S WHITE LADY FINGER, Land., '85. 
Syn. Blunt-Pointed Demi-Long White May, H. & S., '86 : Ferry's Perpe- 
tual Market, Fer., '83. 
This appeared to be an earlier and shorter strain of the Long White 
Naples, having milder and more translucent flesh. Well developed 
samples 5 in. long, 1 in. in diameter. It was rapid in development, and 
slow in becoming pithy. 
Figured correctly in Landreth's catalogue of 1884. 
No. 30. LONG NORMANDY, Veg. Gae. 
Syn. Marsh, Veg. Gar.: Normandy or Marais, Vil., '84: Fr., Pave de 
Marais, VIL., '84. 
Root long fusiform, growing much out of the ground; white in the 
lower part, purple where exposed to light; distinct from the fact that 
the part of the root that grows above ground curves and twists itself 
as the root becomes full grown. The roots grow rapidly, and when 
about half developed are excellent for use, but they soon become hollow; 
grown only in the open ground. 
It is of no especial value, and appears to be little known in this 
country. 
