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Radish (Raphanus sativus)

he humble radish is actually not so humble. In fact, it's a delight in the kitchen and a wonder in your garden. Radish has the honour of being one of the first recorded cultivated vegetables. In China there are records of radishes being grown as early as 700 BCE and these humble little root crops were also favourites of the Egyptian pharaohs. The name “radish” comes from the Latin radix, meaning “a root”. The first portion

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