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Plant Family / Families: Brassicaceae
Scientific Name and Author: Raphanus sativus L.
Name Location: cultivated near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
I'm on vacation, so please accept my apologies for the brief entries. -- Daniel.
A big thank you to farming john@Flickr, aka John Lomen of Red Lake Organic Farm, for today's photograph. If you're a local and you step in to the Kamloops Regional Farmers' Market, do tell John "Hi" from all of us here at BPotD. And, don't forget to support your local farmers! If they grow organic produce, even better!
As noted by Wikipedia, radishes have been domesticated and cultivated since pre-Roman times. The NY Times, in "Hail the Speedy Radish, in All Its Forms" places the origin to at least 7th century BCE in China.
A radish growing guide is available from Cornell University. The guide includes a list of a few cultivars; I believe one of the varieties in today's photograph is 'Cherry Belle', a popular North American cultivar.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at October 16, 2008 12:00 AM
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Posted by: lavender at October 16, 2008 3:00 AM
wonderful photo! It looks to me as if there are two distinct shades of red: one close to magenta, the other more vermilion. Are they naturally occurring in this cultivar?
Posted by: jardinière at October 16, 2008 9:07 AM
These are two different cultivars.
Posted by: Connie at October 16, 2008 4:07 PM
Or more...
Posted by: Connie at October 16, 2008 4:07 PM
They look so good. I can hear myself crunching them.
Posted by: Carole Miller at October 17, 2008 3:40 AM
radish roses i have made a good many in
my life time cut out the rose
then in to ice water to open the cuts
thank you
Posted by: elizabeth a airhart at October 17, 2008 5:18 AM
The two cultivars in the photo are "Cherry Belle" and "Plum Purple".
Posted by: Dianne Lomen at October 17, 2008 8:22 AM
Lovely colours. It would make a super jigsaw puzzle!
Posted by: margaret at October 17, 2008 11:10 AM
Beautifull shot! Radish is one of the quikest root crops to mature. Quick and delicious!
Posted by: Dennis at October 17, 2008 2:56 PM
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i am so glad see this web again ! its beautiful! thang you very much !
i just finded this web amost yesterday , so see anytime everyday!
i am living in japan, hope you wecome here and take a lot beautiful floweres !
thank you again . if i can say more english will be say more !
lavender