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Old February 9, 2011   #1
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Default German Giant Parat Radish - True to its Claim on the Package

Very rarely do I find the (glowing) description on a seed package actually translates into actual results. Here was a description for a Radish that I simply couldn't believe:

"""Comments: Red Globes as Big as Baseballs. Never gets too hot or fibrous. Ready at marble size, but sweet and mild no matter how large they get. A few feed a crowd! Approximately 250 seeds per packet. 29 days."""

So when I started to harvest them a few days ago, I thought they had sent me Beet seeds instead:



While not quite baseball size, some of the ones I've picked are near tennis-ball diameter. Taste has been pretty good too.

http://gurneys.com/german-giant-parat-radish-/p/14965/

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Old February 10, 2011   #2
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Those are some nice looking rads.
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Old February 10, 2011   #3
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Good looking radishes indeed! I've grown those last spring, very tasty, and not too hot. I did let them get to near tennis ball size as you mentioned, but never had enough patience to let the grow any longer.

Maybe this year

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