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Varieties.
There are several varieties—as the Scarlet or
Salmon coloured; Short-topped; Scarlet; Early
Frame Scarlet; Purple; Long White; White
Russian; the White, Early White, the Pink, and
Yellow Turnip-rooted; and the White Spanis*
the Oblong Brown, and the Black Spanish.
The spindle-rooted kinds are the most propiA
for the first crops; and the turnip-rooted sorts as
secondary, and summer and autumn crops; and
the White Spanish, Oblong Brown, and Black
Spanish, for winter supplies.
Propagation and Culture.
All the varieties are raised by seed, which
should be sown on light mellow soil, well broken
by digging, and for sowings made between the
middle of October and the same time in February,
the situation should be a dry sheltered border,
lying open to the full sun; and from the middle
of February to the end of March, any open spot
will do; and as spring and summer advances, the
situation must be cooler. A small quantity of the
lesser growing sorts may be sown amongst some
of the broad-cast crops of larger growth, such as
Spinach, Lettuce, and Onion, or in drills between
rows of beans or peas.
For the first, or principal early crop, the seed
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