Bunches of Radishes with Leaves on a Market Table

Radishes are among the quickest crops in any garden, often ready to pull about four weeks after the seed goes in. That speed is why so many children get a packet of them for their first vegetable patch. Round red bunches and long pink ones with white tips lie tied with string on a wet market table, soil still clinging to the roots. It all adds up to a radish jigsaw puzzle with more red in it than most market stalls.