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surface smooth, or slightly striate below; neck very small; foliage 
rather scanty, leaves sometimes lyrate, petioles nearly without hairs, 
more or less purple above; flesh translucent, with distinct white rays, 
very tender, slightly piquant, rather soon becomes pithy; — season 
rather late. 
Seldom cultivated except in the open ground. " The seed leaves, 
which are quite large, are used as a small salad." Burr. 
E. Root black. 
No. 43. LONG BLACK SPANISH, Hen. 
Syn. Black Long Spanish Winter, Vil., '84: Black Spanish, BRILL, 
BURR: Black Spanish Winter Long, Sib., '83; Thor., '85: Black Winter, or 
Spanish, WHITE: Coal Black Parisian? Earq., '85: Long Black Spanish 
Winter, VEG. GAR. : Er., Badis noir long d'hiver, VIL., '84: Ger., Langei 
schwarzer Erfurter Winter-Rettig, Vil. : Holl., Lange zwarte rammenas, Vil. 
Two forms of this radish are in cultivation; in one the root is coni- 
cal, and in the other it is prsemorse conical, or blunt at the lower end; 
skin thickly striate, which makes it very rough; black except an occa- 
sional white mark ; side-roots remarkably few ; neck very large ; — foliage 
abundant; petioles pale green, smooth, of ten tinged with purple above; — 
flesh white, with translucent rays, tender, but quite acrid. Samples 
described 8 in. long, about 1 in. in diameter, though the variety often 
attains considerably larger dimensions. 
" One of the latest and hardiest, as well as one of . the best for win- 
ter use." Burr. 
The prsemorse form is correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 532; Veg. 
Gar., p. 496. 
A Grouping of the Varieties with Reference to Their Season. 
The following varieties possess qualities that make them especially 
adapted for forcing : 
Early Deep Scarlet Olive-Shaped. 
Early Round Dark Red. 
Eafly Scarlet Erfurt. 
Early Scarlet Turnip-Rooted. 
Early Short Leaf. 
French Breakfast. 
( tarnet Turnip. 
White-Tipped Seal-let. 
Wood's Frame. 
The following are sometimes used for forcing, but are perhaps more used 
for spring sowing in the open ground : 
Beckert'e Ohartier. 
Boston Long Scarlet. 
