HARDY VEGETABLES 



ura-jima." The seed should not be sown until 

 June, because this is a late fellow which will keep 

 all winter. How large do you think he will grow? 

 As a rule, 18 pounds, though I have seen many 

 weighing 30 and 40 pounds, and in Japan they have 

 raised some weighing 70 pounds. No one would 

 dream that a huge radish like this could be good 

 but indeed it is very good, so good I have seen chil- 

 dren beg for a Sakurajima sandwich instead of 

 cake! 



It takes much longer for these radishes to grow 

 than our little ones, of course, so if the seed is sown 

 in June they will be ready to eat in September. 

 Sow the seed very thinly in the row. Thin the seed- 

 lings first to 6 inches; then, when they have grown 

 so large they touch, take out every other one. The 

 plants will then be 12 inches apart. Cultivate often 

 and keep wood ashes and tobacco worked into the 

 ground around the plants to keep maggots away. 

 The maggots are tiny white grubs that are very 

 fond of eating the radish. 



When you pull your radish up cut off the leaves 

 and cook the white stem just as you would aspar- 

 agus. Then you can cut some thin slices of the 

 radish to eat raw and cook some of it just as you 



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