Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1909 — QUITE A RADISH, SURELY. [ARTICLE]

QUITE A RADISH, SURELY.

C. F. Tillett was down from Gillam tp„ yesterday and left a sample of the sort of radishes they grow up in his locality. It weighed with a part of the root broken off and a few of the leaves missing, 26 pounds and was 15 inches long and two feet and five inches in circumference at the largest point, and was perfectly shaped. It is of the variety known as the Giant Radish of Japan, and out of some 20 seed that Mr. Tillett sent away and got there were about a dozen radishes grew. They are said to sometimes reach a weight of 30 pounds and are solid and crisp throughout. The weight of the one left at this office would Indicate that it must be solid and free from pith.