. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . ties a great favorite is the Kershaw crookneck for table use, which can beplanted with profit for Southern markets only. The Mammoth Tours pumpkins are famous for their size, and frequentlyweigh from 100 to 125 pounds. It is of a grayish yellow color; flesh iscoarse-grained and fine for stock feeding. AVhere size is an object, werecommend this varietv. RADISH CULTURE. Most truckers regard the growing of radishes as inisignificant, and yetit is doubtful if there is a single vegetable more profitable th
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . ties a great favorite is the Kershaw crookneck for table use, which can beplanted with profit for Southern markets only. The Mammoth Tours pumpkins are famous for their size, and frequentlyweigh from 100 to 125 pounds. It is of a grayish yellow color; flesh iscoarse-grained and fine for stock feeding. AVhere size is an object, werecommend this varietv. RADISH CULTURE. Most truckers regard the growing of radishes as inisignificant, and yetit is doubtful if there is a single vegetable more profitable than radishes,if properly grown and marketed. Radishes should only be grown on light,mellow soil, well prepared before planting and heavily manured. To bepalatable, radishes must be grown quickly. 106 Radish Culture. SEEDS. While there are many kinds of radishes, the Chartier Half Long, theWhite Tipped French Breakfast, Half Long Deep Scarlet, Scarlet Olobeand Chinese Eose are the most favorite with all Southern Chartier is a tender, juicy radish; the French Breakfast a showy,. RADISHEB exquisite radish. jSTeither of these, however, will stand any very lowtemperature. The Chinese Eose is hardy, practically an ideal winterradish, as even the hardest freezes do not kill it, and it is, therefore,planted to a large extent by Southern growers. Eadishes can only attain quick growth, obtain good shape and be ofcrisp texture in rich, loose, mellow, alluvial soil, containing humus. It isuseless to attempt to grow palatable radishes in harsh, hard or rocky soils. FERTILIZERS. As quick growth in radishes is desirable, .special manures become valu-able agents. There is nothing better than well rotted stable manure, be-cause it contains all the elements required by radish growth, but wherecommercial fertilizers will have to be substituted, use 1,000 pounds peracre, broadcast, fertilizer containing at least nitrogen 5 per cent, actualpotash 9 per cent, available phosphoric acid 6
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