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Root Crops 



solid, quite different from the little table radishes eaten 

 as delicacies; these winter radishes supply numbers of 

 people in other countries with substantial food. 



79. A table radish. Raphanus sativus (X %)• 



Radishes are usually treated as a companion-crop when 

 grown in the open field. They may be sown in drills be- 

 tween the rows of cabbages, peas or other later-maturing 

 vegetables. Sometimes they are sown directly in the drill 

 with the other vegetables. The seeds are quick to germi- 



