RADISHES 149 



Japan attains really enormous size, yet is fit for the table. 

 While seldom grown, they are worth trial. 



For marketing, radishes are commonly pulled, washed, 

 and tied in small bunches, when they make very attractive 

 objects to sell. Sometimes the tops are cut off and the roots 

 placed in strawberry boxes and thus sold by the quart. 

 Among the best varieties of the round radishes are the Scarlet 

 Short-top, of which each seedsman usually has some special 

 strain, Scarlet Globe, and White Turnip. Of the oval sorts, 

 French Breakfast and Olive-shaped Scarlet are the two lead- 

 ing varieties. Of the long kinds, various strains of the Long 

 Scarlet are the most popular. 



The winter radishes are much more popular in Europe 

 than in America. The seed is sown early in summer and the 

 roots are harvested during the latter part of the season. 

 They are then stored away for winter use in the same way 

 that turnips and similar crops are stored. The Rose China 

 Winter and the Black Spanish are leading varieties of this 

 type. 



The most troublesome enemy of the radish is the root 

 maggot which attacks the roots in much the same way the 

 onion maggot attacks onions. This is a difficult pest to 

 contend against. It is much more likely to attack the later 

 radishes than the earlier ones, the first crops usually getting 

 through without injury. These maggots hatch from eggs 

 laid about the roots of the plants by small two-winged flies, 

 which naturally increase as the season advances. In the case 

 of a home or school garden, it may be worth while to keep 

 the flies away by bending fine wire screening above the rows. 



