Heirloom Seeds & Poultry
1878 230th Street, Calamus, IA 52729
(563) 246-2299
spring radish
Packets will contain approximately 450 seeds. Spring types can be planted anytime and mature quickly, but always do best when it is cool. UPDATED FOR 2025
Altaglobe
Altaglobe - 25 days - Short, dark green tops, large cherry, deep red globe, quick to mature and holds well. Pkt. $2.00
Altaglobe
Altaglobe - 25 days - Short, dark green tops, large cherry, deep red globe, quick to mature and holds well. Pkt. $3.00 we have a limited amount of organic seed produced here. This is our best radish and it is harder each year to find seed to purchase. Please specify organic on your order if you want this seed. ( approximately 200 seeds per packet. Certified Organic Seed
Amethyst
Amethyst- 35 days - Short, dark green tops, large pale violet colored roots. Pkt. $2.00
Butter Globe
Butter Globe - 25 days - Short, dark green tops, large cherry, deep red globe, daes to 1918. Pkt. $2.00
Champion
Champion- 25 days- Bright red, round globe shaped. Pkt. $1.50
Cherry Belle
Cherry Belle- 22 days- Earliest red, nice uniform sized radish. Pkt. $1.50
Cincinnati Market
Cincinnati Market- 30 days- long red icicle type with an old history. Pkt. $1.75
French Breakfast
French Breakfast- 30 days- Oblong, blunt roots. Red with white tips. Nice for slicing in salads as they make nice uniform slices. Pkt. $1.50
French Golden
French Golden - 60 days - A unique golden skinned radish. Unique enough we would like to see it spread around. PKT. ( 50 SEEDS) $3.00 UNAVAILABLE FOR 2025
German Giant
German Giant ( Parat) - 30 days- rarely if ever gets woody and can get up to baseball size with proper care. Pure white inside with red skin. Pkt. $1.50
Hong Vit
Hong Vit -20 days- typically used as a microgreen or plant and all with young roots . Pkt. $1.50
Hailstone
Hailstone- 30 days- Pure, white globe. Very old variety. Pkt. $1.50
Helios
Helios - A nice, round yellow skinned variety. Pkt. $2.00
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Long Scarlet
Long Scarlet- 55 days- Long, skinny, red radish. Very old variety (pre-1870’s). Pkt. $1.50
Pink Beauty
Pink Beauty- 30 days- Beautiful, round, bright pink radish. Does very well for us here, consistently producing a great crop. Pkt. $1.50
Pink Lady Slipper
Pink Lady Slipper - 30 days - Crisp, white flesh, oval shaped bright pink skin. Pkt. $1.75
Plum Purple
Plum Purple- 30 days- Beautiful purple skinned radish of excellent quality, round globe shape. Pkt. $1.50
Redhead
Redhead - 35 days - Bicolored fuschia/red top with bright white bottoms. Pkt. $1.75
Sparkler
Sparkler - 25 days - Used to be known as Scarlet Turnip White Tip. Red radish with a white tip, round globe in shape. Pkt. $1.50
White Icicle
White Icicle- 35 days- Long white roots. Tends to be stronger flavored than the red globe radishes. Pkt. $1.50
Spring Radish Mix
Spring Radish Mix - A mix of all of the Spring season type radishes (except for French Golden). Pkt. $1.75
winter 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. If planted too early, they will not bulb up. Approximately 250 seeds/pkt.
China White
China White- 55 days- Same as China Rose, but white in color. Pkt. $1.50
China Rose
China Rose- 55 days- Fall plant around August 1. Roots get 8 inches long and 1 to 2 inches across. Pink skin with white flesh. Our poultry and sheep love this Autumn treat but they are good for human consumption. Pkt. $1.50
Chinese Green Meat Luobo
Chinese Green Meat Luobo- 70 days - a large green topped white bottomed green fleshed excellent fall radish. Do not plant too early, they can get large but will not bulb up if planted early. (100-200 seeds )Pkt. $2.50
Japanese Minowase
Japanese Minowase- 60 days- Daikon type from Japan. Can get very large. White skin, white flesh. Pkt. $2.00
Red Daikon
Red Daikon- 60 days- fast growing large red skinned daikon. Plant no earlier than early August. (100-200 seeds )Pkt. $2.50
Sakurajima Mammoth
Sakurajima Mammoth- 75 days- I remember as a young gardener in the late 1960's seeing this in Gurneys and always wondered if it would get that big. The catalog claimed 25 pounds. In Salmon we had root maggots so bad growing radishes was challenge. When I finally tried in in the early 1980's in Lenore it did get impressive even with the lack of effort I put into it. I couldn't find seed for years and have found a source so we will see what size we can get here. (100-200 seeds )Pkt. $3.00
Long Black Spanish
Long Black Spanish- 65 days- Long black skinned winter keeper. Old history and very rare. Roots are long and thick with excellent keeping ability. Pkt. $2.00
Round Black Spanish
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
Watermelon
Watermelon - 60 days - White skin, pink red flesh. While it can be planted in the Spring, it does best for us when planted in mid to late Summer for Fall harvest. Pkt. $2.00
Wakayama White
Wakayama White - A very large diakon that can get up to 1 foot long and 2 inches across.Do not plant before late July early August Pkt. $1.75
Winter Radish Mix
Winter Radish Mix - A mix of the above Pkt. $1.75