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It appears that the Early Scarlet Turnip, Early White Small Tur- 
nip and Garnet Turnip were earliest, being fit for table use in thirty- 
seven days. Several others, however, were noted only one day later. 
We think the early White Turnip retains its solidity longer than 
the other two, but on the other hand, it is less tender and more acrid. 
As will appear, seven of the names are of winter radishes. These 
are not strictly comparable with the others, but as our object in 
- growing them was to secure descriptions of the varieties, we planted 
the two classes together as a matter of convenience. 
The Raphanus caudatus or Serpent radish is of interest, as the 
seed pods, and not the root, is the part that has been developed in 
cultivation. These are of about double the size of those of the com- 
mon radish, and they are used as a salad like the root of the latter, 
or are prepared in vinegar, and used as a pickle. 
Synonyms. 
After a very careful scrutiny of the plants in the different rows, 
we pronounced the following names as synonyms. 
Karly Round Dark Red (Hen.), Early Deep Scarlet (Vil.), and - 
Deep Scarlet Turnip (Thor.) 
Early Scarlet Turnip (Vil.) and Early Scarlet or Red Turnip (Sib. 
1883.) . . 
Scarlet Turnip, White Tipped (Vil.), and Early Scarlet Turnip 
with White Tail (Thor.) 
Yellow Summer Turnip (Thor.) and Golden Yellow Turnip (Vil.) 
Early White Giant Stuttgart (Vil.) and Giant Stuttgart Summer 
. (Thor.) - 
The plants of several of the other names have a very close resem- 
blance, but we will not pronounce upon them until another season’s 
trial. c 
Hazperiments. 
We made several experimental plantings of radish, including green 
and ripe seed, seed from terminal stalk and from lower branches ; 
first and last ripeseeds, etc. As we gathered the seeds planted 
from different varieties growing in proximity, the resulting plants 
were so far cross-fertilized as to render deductions unsafe. We 
note, however, one interesting fact. A plant, the seeds of which 
were all quite green, was pulled and hung up in the seed room 
to dry. A few pods were picked from it at the time it was 
pulled, and after drying, preserved in a separate package. The seeds 
from the pods dried on the plant vegetated eighty-one per cent, 
while those picked from the plant vegetated but three per cent, and 
these few vegetated plants were so feeble that they soon perished. 
We made several experiments with the view of avoiding the in- 
jury from the radish fly, Anthomyia raphani, which has proved so 
injurious to the roots of radish on our soil in previous years. On 
May 21, we passed a small quantity of tobacco leaves through a feed 
