Non-leafy Brassicas (Cabbage Family)
(kohlrabi and root crops)
[ Kohlrabi | Spring Radish Winter Radish | Rutabaga | Turnip ]
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION UPDATE: We were able to get organic certification on part of our farm this year. We have many varieties in this year's catalog which are being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC. If the item is being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC, it will have an OG after the price of the seeds.
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Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi culture: See cabbage which has similar culture requrements, except that kohlrabi is direct seeded. At least 200 seeds per packet.
Early White Vienna: 55 days. globe-shaped, white. Harvest when 2 to 3 inches around. Pkt. $1.00
Early Purple Vienna: 65 days. globe-shaped, purple. Longer season than the white. Pkt. $1.00
Spring Radish
Radish culture: Packets will contain around 250 seeds and will plant a minimum 25 foot row. Plant as early as you can. Replant in early Fall. Spring type radishes can be planted anytime and mature quickly, but always do best when it is cool.
Champion: 25 days. Bright red, round globe-shaped. Pkt. $0.75
Cherry Belle: 22 days. Earliest red, nice uniform sized radish. Pkt. $0.75
French Breakfast: 30 days. Oblong, blunt roots. Red with white tips. Nice for slicing in salads as they make nice uniform slices. Pkt. $0.75
Hailstone: 30 days. Pure, white globe. Very old variety. Pkt. $0.75
Long Scarlet: 55 days. Long, skinny, red radish. Very old variety (pre-1870's). Pkt. $1.00
Pink Beauty: 30 days. Beautiful, round, bright pink radish. Pkt. $1.50
Plum Purple: 30 days. Beautiful purple skinned radish of excellent quality, round globe shape. Pkt. $1.00
Sparkler: 25 days. Used to be known as Scarlet Turnip White Tip. Red radish with a white tip, round globe in shape. Pkt. $0.75
White Icicle: 35 days. Long white roots. Tends to be stronger flavored than the red globe radishes. Pkt. $0.75
Spring Radish Mix: A mix of all of the Spring season type radishes. Pkt. $1.00
Winter Radish
Radish culture: A special group of increasingly hard to find radishes. Plant in late summer to have mature about 2 weeks after the first frost. Winter types do not do well in Spring plantings and need to be sown no earlier than July 15. They need to be grown when the day length is shrinking.
China Rose: 55 days. Fall plant around August 1. Roots get 8 inches long and 1 to 2 inches across. Our poultry and sheep love this Autumn treat but they are good for human consumption also. Pkt. $1.50
China White: 55 days. Same as China Rose, but white in color. Pkt. $1.50
Round Black Spanish: 55 days. A winter type that we plant the first week of August here. Roots must be pulled and placed into storage before the ground freezes. Will keep solid as a baseball until April. Vegetables of this type were essential and popular 100 years ago. Today's instant gratification society and modern shipping methods have replaced this wonderful type of radish. Caution: Do not plant this one early in the Spring. They will not ball up. Pkt. $1.50
Winter Mixed Radish: A mix of the 3 winter radishes we carry. Pkt. $1.50
Rutabaga
Rutabaga culture: Plant early in the Spring. Direct seed in the garden like turnips. Packet will plant a 25 foot row.
American Purple Top: 100 days. Traditional rutabaga. Excellent food for people and livestock. Purple top, yellowish bottom skin, yellowish flesh. Pkt $1.00
Laurentian: 95 days. 5 to 6 inch roots, standard type Rutabaga. Pkt. $1.00
Turnip
Turnip culture: Plant turnips either early in the Spring or late in the Summer. Here in Iowa with the warm nights and hot days of Summer, I find a Spring-sown turnip to be rather repulsive, but those planted in August to be harvested in the cool days of Autumn a real taste treat. Our soil and lack of root maggots here make them a delicious vegetable. Our sheep love the wheelbarrow loads they get in the Fall and the poultry love the greens. This is a must grow crop for livestock producers. Just don't feed them to a milk cow as the flavor carries over into the milk. They also make an excellent soil builder when planted and left to rot over the winter. One packet will plant at least a 25 foot row.
Golden Ball: 70 days. A turnip that does best when it has sufficient time to mature in cool, Fall weather. Here it must be planted in mid-July to get the proper size before it cools down. This variety dates back to 1859. Pkt. $1.50
Purple Top Globe: 50 days. Excellent for a cover crop and soil builder. We plant August 1 to 10 for a mid-September to hard freeze harvest. Pkt. $1.00; 1 oz. $2.75; 4 oz. $7.00
Seven Top: 45 days. This type is specifically used for greens only. The roots never develop into anything edible and are usually tough and woody. Very popular in the South. Developed prior to 1880. Pkt. $1.00
White Egg: 65 days. A pure white turnip that needs to be properly spaced to develop to its true potential. Thin seedlings when 2 to 3 inches tall. This type produces very tall tops that are not so ribby and are good for greens. Pkt. $1.50