ROOT 
93 CROPS 
to ten days all through the spring. It is usually 
difficult to grow good radishes in summer, 
unless you can select a cool spot and keep the 
soil cool, but some sorts of radishes do well in 
the hot weather. Although in America the 
radish is best known as an early spring crop, 
it may also be grown for winter use if planted 
in July or August, and stored like turnips or 
other root crops. The tops make good greens 
for boiling. 
The radish is the easiest of crops to grow, and 
has only one serious enemy, the root maggot. 
This insect is one of the cabbage enemies also, 
and can be destroyed by injecting bi-sulphide 
of carbon in the soil, but that treatment is too 
expensive for the returns from radishes. The 
most effective way is to sow the radishes where 
the maggot has not been breeding, and thus 
starve the pest out. 
The most popular varieties of radish are the 
French Breakfast, Olive-shaped, Scarlet Short- 
top, Chartier, Wood Early Frame, and White 
Box. Those that grow well in summer are 
White Naples, White Vienna, Strasburg and 
Stuttgart, while for use in winter Scarlet 
Chinese, Black Spanish and White Spanish 
are best. 
