CHAPTER XIX 



RADISHES 



A LUMBERMAN once discharged a cook, complain- 

 ing that he was so useless he couldn't boil water 

 without burning it. Radishes are so easy to grow 

 that even this man might have succeeded. They 



sprout almost overnight, 

 in hot weather, and form 

 an appetizing addition 

 to the slim menu of the 

 spring season. There 

 are many varieties, most 

 of those offered by re- 

 liable houses being well 

 worth planting. 



Three General 

 Groups 



Radishes are divided 



into three general 



groups : spring radishes, 



small types that grow quickly and soon pass their 



best condition ; summer radishes, of slower growth 



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Scarlet Globe Radish 



