XXVIII 

 KADISHES 



THE tiny scarlet radish is a crisp spring relish, 

 its color a real garnish. French Breakfast is 

 the kind to choose. These piquant relishes may 

 have a place in the earliest sowing in the hotbed 

 and in the garden lettuce bed. Grow the tiny 

 roots among the head lettuce, in the row of cab- 

 bages or cauliflower. Sow them in the furrow 

 with any slow-germinating seed, like carrots or 

 parsnips. The big seeds are full of life and ger- 

 minate quickly. The bigger the seeds, the stronger 

 the vitality, the more vigorous and rapid the 

 growth. Tillage along the rows may start sooner 

 because of the radishes. These roots will have 

 the first chance at the soil food. Being surface 

 feeders, we may hurry them with a bit of nitrate 

 of soda, as we stir the soil. They will be fully 

 matured and out of the way before the space is 

 needed for the slower growing plants. They will 

 thrive almost anywhere; but the best place for 

 crisp radishes, and they must grow with a snap, if 

 they are to be crisp and their biting flavor just 

 mild enough, is a rich early sandy strip. Sandy 

 soil seems to safeguard the radishes from their 



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