4; : ; .; CROP PRODUCTION 



Watch for the seedUngs to come up. Dig up one 

 when the first true leaves appear. Draw on paper or 

 blackboard. 



Dig up another three weeks after sowing. Draw the 

 root. 



Pull as fast as the roots are large enough to eat. 



Compare crispness of different radishes. 



B. Indoors 



Plant in a window box next the window all the seeds 

 for which there is room. 

 Watch and draw as in A. 



Forms of Radishes 



Different varieties of radish roots from garden or 

 market, or pictures of the various types as shown in 

 the seed catalogues. 



Practice drawing on blackboard or paper the outlines 

 of these types of radish roots: 



Round or turnip-shaped 



Olive-shaped 



Long 



Radish Maggots 



Radishes growing outdoors. Cut open radishes of 

 any age, even those that have gone to seed. Find 

 brownish tunnels where white maggots have eaten the 

 roots. 



Examine several young radishes to see if you can find 

 the maggots at work. 



Read the life story of the radish maggot in Farm 

 Friends and Farm Foes, pages 126-128. 



