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'French Breakfast' Radishes
 
Sub-Category: Long
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Long, 2- to 4-inch, oblong, scarlet roots with pure-white tips. Adapts to hot dry areas.
Days To Maturity: 23-28
Seed Sources: Gurneys Seed & Nursery Co. - updated in 2019
Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014
Henry Field's Seed and Nursery Co. - updated in 2013
Western Wonder, LLC - updated in 2011

 
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Overall: (4.8 Stars)Overall
Taste: (4.9 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.8 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.9 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 11/02/2021 by Fisher - An experienced gardener

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Wilson, Texas, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

excellent heirloom variety for winter gardens in south Texas good producer wonderful flavor very reliable
 

Reviewed on 04/30/2021 by v_gardener - An intermediate gardener

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Westchester, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

The French Breakfast Radish is my favorite radish variety right now! Quick to harvest (approx. 27 days) and easy to grow. I haven\'t tried them as a spring radish yet, only fall radishes that I even was able to harvest in January!
 

Reviewed on 06/05/2014 by A. W. Davidson - An experienced gardener

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Marion, Indiana, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Good yield and matured almost as fast as Cherry Belle. Very good looks and flavor.
 

Reviewed on 01/17/2009 by shebear - An experienced gardener

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Texas, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

If you have children, let them plant these. They germinate quickly and are wonderfully mild at any size. They seem to grow larger in the fall. Wonderful in salads or by themselves.
 

Reviewed on 07/20/2008 by brivari - An experienced gardener

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Suffolk, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

A good reliable radish, slower to bolt than other varieties I've tried. Works well during winter indoors in a sunny window.
 

Reviewed on 02/07/2008 by lakeeriegarden - An intermediate gardener

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Lorain, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Hard to beat radishes when it comes to ease and reliability at least here in Norther Ohio. I literally throw the seeds down in early April and am picking these tasty radishes first of May right before I plant my summer crops.
 

Reviewed on 08/26/2007 by Luffa Zar - An experienced gardener

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Dane, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

easy to early grown in spring, and not to fast too, go to seed when grown in August. A very reliable radish.
 

Reviewed on 05/12/2006 by ewor - A novice gardener

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Marion, Indiana, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I have never grown radishes before, but after two crops, I will will continue to plant them. They are mild with crunch. Now what can I do with radishes other than use them in salads?
 

Reviewed on 05/02/2006 by JackiMac - An intermediate gardener

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Jefferson, Alabama, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

I planted this in Feb.and it germinated within 5 days. I pulled some up after 6 weeks to test them. They were still very small but a great flavor. After another 4 weeks I pulled a few more and still not very large but the flavor just got better. They are ready to all be pulled up and I don't expect large radishes since our temps have reached 90 over the past 4 weeks but the flavor just keeps holding up well. They are not hot and spicey as many globe radishes can be. These are a very mild radish and I will grow again this fall.
 




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