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tapering from that throughout their length of four or five inches.
Earliest Carmine, Olive-Shaped.—A very early radish, of a rich carmine color, and while not so early as Burpee's Earliest, attains fully twice the size; the roots are of an even, regular olive shape and very fine quality. It is an excellent radish for forcing, on
LONG SCARLET RADISH.
EARLIEST CARMINE, OLIVE RADISH.
account of its size and appearance and the small growth of top which it makes, enabling many to be grown in a small space.[1]
- ↑ For forcing, Wood’s Early Frame is preferred to the Long Scarlet; it is of same shape, but not so long, and has less foliage. Other good early radishes besides those named are Early Round Dark Red, Half Long Scarlet, Early Oral Dark Red, Early White Turnip, French Breakfast and the White Tipped Turnip Radishes. A variety of these handsome little radishes on the table is both attractive and appetizing.—Ed.
