Radishes

Radishes (Raphanus sativus) are mainly cool-weather crucifers grown annually for their swollen roots. Though most radishes that make their way to the American table are small, scarlet globes with crisp, peppery white flesh, radishes come in an impressive array of sizes and shapes—from small and round to long and tapered—and colors ranging from pink, lavender, red, and purple to black and white. Radishes count as one of the earliest garden vegetables and are among the easiest to grow. Most of the radishes in early America came as seed from England.