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Show ART OF GROWING RADISHES One of the Earliest Products of the Home Garden Is One of Easiest to Grow. The radish patch usually Is the first to be planted by the majority of home gardeners. The product in most Instances In-stances is the first to grace the family fam-ily table. The United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture tells how: For the home garden, radish seed should be sown In the open ground as Fiion as the soil is moderately warm, limit in drills 12 to 18 Inches apart, and as soon as the plants are up thin them slightly In order to prevent crowding. Itadishes require to be grown on a quick, rich soil, and some of the earlier sorts can be matured In two or three weeks after planting. If the radishes grow slowly they will have a pun-sent flavor and will not be fit for table use. For a constant supply sup-ply successive plantings should be made every two weeks, as the roots lose their crlspnoss and delicate flavor If nllowed to remnln long In the open ground. As a rule a large percentage percent-age of radish seed will grow, and It Is oft-n possible by careful sowing to avoid the necessity of thinning, the first radishes belyg pulled as soon as they are nufflclent slr.e for table use. Hum making room for thosi that will tualure later. |