RADISH 
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tapering. Skin is deep scarlet; flesh is white and 
crisp. 30 days. 
Crimson Giant — A large, second early type for 
home or market gardener. Stands heat fairly well. 
Tops are medium large. Roots are round, crisp, and 
firm. Flesh is white. Skin is deep red. 28 days. 
Scarlet Globe (Medium Top) — Best all-purpose, 
early, round radish. Has medium, uniform, bright 
green tops. Roots are olive-shaped, bright-scarlet, 
smooth, uniform, and with crisp white flesh. 23 days. 
French Breakfast— Popular home garden type with 
medium tops, and with oblong, blunt-end roots. 
Skin is scarlet with white tip; flesh is white and 
crisp but becomes pithy quickly. 25 days. 
Long White Icicle — Excellent garden variety. 5 to 
6 inch tops. Roots are about 5 inches long, smooth, 
slender, tapering, pure white. Flesh is crisp and 
white, mild in flavor. 30 days. 
| Sparkler White Tip — Popular home-garden type 
_ with medium tops, and round roots which are two- 
| thirds dark red, with bottom third white. Flesh is 
| white, crisp, and well-flavored. 26 days. 
SPECIAL IMPORTED STRAINS:— 
| Cavalier — Grown from transplanted stock for 
| maximum uniformity of type and quality. Produces 
| early, smooth, olive-shaped globes of bright-scarlet 
| color. Flesh is white, crisp, and mild. Tops are 
/ about 3 inches tall, ideal for forcing. 22 days. 
_ Cherry Belle — An extra early, round, bright scar- 
| let type with short tops, which make it ideal for 
| green house forcing. Fine uniformity and bright 
' color make it a choice home garden variety also. 
| 23 days. 
| Comet—Grown from transplanted stock for greater 
quality and uniformity. Perfect round, bright 
| searlet globes which stay crisp and firm without 
/ becoming pithy. Root size compares with Scarlet 
| Globe, but shape is round instead of olive-shaped. 
' Tops are about 4 inches. 25 days. 
Bicolor — Grown from transplanted stocks. Uni- 
| form in producing round roots which are dark red 
| on upper half, and white on lower half of globes. 
|) Attractive and uniform in coloring, with bright 
| green medium tops. Flesh is white and crisp. 26 
| days. 
RHUBARB 
+ CULTURE: Sow in Spring in drills an inch deep 
and 6 inches apart. Thin out plants later on to 12 
mei gguds 
