The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09
RADIsn SHOWING II vInGIxIA.


Tho radish crop - just abou. ali shipped.
IT has been rather favorable year for
the crop To most Of your readers the
radish crop may be in their minds Some
thing as the peanut crop was few years
ago--rather small and Insignificant
crop. By looking over some old reports
notice that In the year 1870 this section
around Norfolk IL credited with having
shipped all Ut 90 90 lunches OF radish. and
ali Of $4,000 barrels OF potatoes and other
truck crops In proportion
This year II Is estimated by ore OF our
largest radish growers that the acreage
tn radtsh will reach 800 acres The num-
her Of growers is not far from so. Ono
Of the largest growers has nearly iifty
acres of yadish. and uses nearly one ton
Of radish seed. At one time recently one
ut our truckers was negotiating With a
scotsman for a certain kind OF radish
seed. when the dealer remarked an in
dorsement OF his seed: II sold n New
Jersey trucker forty pounds recently
and our trucker fairly paralyzed him
with an order for 80 pounds of radish
seed.
The crop Is planted or sown broadcast
In narrow beds. from January To April.
The early sowings arc subjected to great
danger OF loss. and sometimes The planter
has to rexow his crop two or three times
chosen In which to sow the sfop, and a
protection is sought from the north, east
and west TO keep or the cold winds from
said quarters OF the compass The beds
OF all the early sown radish are about six
TO eight feet In width and are turned UP
In such manner that the north edge OF
the ridge Ia higher than the south edge
causing each ridge TO sicpe little to the
south. On these beds the raiish is sown
broadcast
The round radsh 10 the kind grown gen.
orally. Shipments have been Eoirg North
for the past sixty days or more. The hands
pull and ties the radishes I'm lunches at the
low price OF 10 cents per 100 lunches Month
hands take the radish In the punches and
wash them carefully and pack them In
half-harrel baskets ~ rule. and ship TO
market. II the weather gets very warm q
nice. clean, square or obiong block of ar
ilficial Ice Is bedded in the middle OF each
package. and the radish goes into the
Northern market clean. bright, fresh and
crisp.
A good hand win pull and tie as many
as LOO lunches In day. Otherp will not
get more than 900 punches to their credit
making the wages average from 50 cents
to S.so per day. The half-harrel baskets
cost 5 cents each. The freight TO New
York Is IL cents per basket The yield per
acre viii run from 100 to 20 baskets. From
100 20 40 lunches MI the haifbarrel pack
age II IL estimated that the present crop
reached, or win reach when finished. the
grand total OF 2n0Ceooo punches. which Is
quite a respectable Increase over the mod
crate little so.ooe lunches shipped In 1870
Our informant stated that this section was
the largest radish growing section I'm the
country. As fast NJ the radish crop IS pub
ed and shipped the land is prepared for to-
matoes melons or other later crops, The
land az q rule. IL made 10 tote twice" so
TO speak and often Totes thrice''-thas IL
10 aay, is made 10 grow three crops per
year.~-Norfolk Letter In Country Gentle
man