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RADICCHIO & CHICORY (Cichorium intybus) These are used like lettuce to make beautiful, tasty salads, and are good cooked. Most should be sown in late summer to mature into the cold weather. Rich, moist soil with lots of organic matter is ideal. Surface sow and rake in lightly, barely covering the seeds. Will usually germinate quickly if kept very moist. Grow the colored types to mature into colder weather of early-to-mid autumn. The cold sweetens the leaves as the color deepens. 250 seeds per packet.
Castelfranco
An improved selection of this beautiful old Italian heirloom, the round heads are cream colored and splashed with wine red. This colorful variety is becoming a rage in salads. A high dollar crop for market growers, very popular in Italy! We offer quality Italian seed. Pkt. (250 seeds)

Item Code: RC102  
$1.50
Catalogna Puntarelle Dandelion (Puntarelle a Foglia Stretta)
Popular in Italy, hardy and excellent for early spring greens, great cooked like asparagus. Dandelion-like leaves, this strain has very long, slender leaves. Pick small for Mesclun salads.

Item Code: RC107  
$1.50
Bulk Quantities
1 OZ. - $7.50
Grumolo Biondo "Golden"
Small rosette head with rounded, thick, golden-green leaves. This is a popular baby salad item in Italy; best for cool season growing. We offer quality Italian seed. An heirloom from the Piedmont region, very cold hardy. Pkt. (250 seeds)

Item Code: RC109  
$1.50
Grumolo Rossa di Verona
We are able this year to offer the exciting red-leaved Grumolo. Use these like mini lettuce in specialty salads, perfect when mixed with the "Golden Grumolo". This variety needs cool weather to produce red leaves. Always in demand with fine chefs. Pkt. (250 seeds)

Item Code: RC110 Out of Stock
Italiko Rosso Dandelion
Beautiful, bright red stems and deep green leaves make this variety a winner! Baby leaves add great tangy flavor to salads, or good as a cooked green. We offer true Italian seeds for this heirloom.

Item Code: RC106  
$1.50
Bulk Quantities
1 OZ. - $7.50
Rossa di Terviso Precoce
A famous radicchio from Treviso, Italy. We offer an improved selection. Makes a long slender bunch of leaves, turns deep brilliant red in cool weather. A must for all colorful and tasty salads! Pkt. (250 seeds)

Item Code: RC101  
$1.50
Bulk Quantities
1 OZ. - $6.00
Rossa di Verona a Palla Radicchio & Chicory seeds Rossa di Verona a Palla
Dark wine red, round, medium sized heads. We are happy to offer this improved Italian selection. Pkt. (250 seeds)

Item Code: RC103  
$1.50
Sugar Loaf
This green cos-type Italian specialty has a mild taste and beautiful large heads. Fall planted; great for home or market.

Item Code: RC105  
$1.40
Variegata di Chioggia
Beautiful, large round headed radicchio, brilliant red and white color, from the old Italian fishing town of Chioggia. A popular Italian variety. Pkt. (250 seeds)

Item Code: RC104  
$1.50
Witloof di Bruxelles "Perlita"
We offer a select strain of "Witloof" or Belgian endive. This chicory is planted in the garden in spring, then dug and forced to grow in a cool, dark place, to make the delicious "Chicon heads" that command high prices at market. Very Tasty. Pkt. (250 seeds)

Item Code: RC108  
$1.50