BURPEE’S EARLIEST (_Scarlet Button_).--I have grown this new radish for
two seasons and consider it the earliest and finest radish that I have
ever grown. It is _the_ earliest, about one inch in diameter, handsome,
crisp and brittle. The color is the deepest scarlet. It has very small
leaves, and a great many can be grown in a small space, rendering it
very valuable for forcing. Last winter I sowed seed between the rose
bushes in my forcing houses and kept my table supplied, and had large
quantities to sell.
[Illustration: BURPEE’S EARLIEST (SCARLET BUTTON) RADISHES.
_Natural size, when ready for use._]
EARLY LONG SCARLET SHORT TOP.--This is a fine selection of the long,
slender scarlet radishes so generally seen in the spring, and is
preferred by some to the round or turnip radishes. It is very early,
tender, crisp and fine flavored; the roots averaging half an inch in
diameter at the top and 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 account of its size
and appearance and the small growth of top which it makes, enabling
many to be grown in a small space.[13]
[Illustration: LONG SCARLET RADISH.]
[Illustration: EARLIEST CARMINE, OLIVE RADISH.]