ROOT CROPS: RADISHES, TURNIPS, AND RUTABAGAS 



The Radish 

 Germination Test 



Twenty-five or fifty radish seeds for each pupil. 



If practicable, let each pupil get the seeds from seed- 

 pods in school or home garden. 



Place in the germinating box or plate. Examine 

 daily. Remove those that sprout, making a careful 

 record each day. 



At the end of a week determine the percentage of 

 germination. 



Leave some seeds in a germinating dish until they 

 develop root-hairs, as in the picture above. 



Growing Radishes 



Fifty radish seeds for each pupil. Choose early round 

 varieties. 



A. Outdoors 



Plant the seeds half an inch apart in rich mellow soil. 

 Cover one-half inch deep. 



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