Chicory salat "Rossa di Verona" (Radiccio)

Chicory salat "Rossa di Verona" - Cichorium intybus L. var. foliosum.
It is useful for patients with diabetes mellitus and people with metabolic disorders.
Early maturing (75-95 days) variety of the Radicchio cultivar type. The rosette of leaves is powerful. The head of cabbage is round, dense, compact, with an intense red-burgundy color with white veins, weighing 400-450 g. Taste with low bitterness.
It is used in food fresh and stewed, for the preparation of savory salads, additives to cold snacks and various dishes.
Variety value: cold resistance, uniformity of heads of cabbage, amicable yield of the crop, suitability for storage up to 1 month. Contains ascorbic acid, vitamins, trace elements, protein and inulin, useful for patients with diabetes mellitus
Chicory salad is widely known for its nutritional and healing properties: high content of vitamins, especially C and B group, iron, calcium and magnesium salts.
Agrotechnics.
To obtain seedlings, seeds are sown in February-March at a temperature not higher than + 10 ° C, in order to prevent early flowering.
Seedlings dive into pots, planted in the ground at the age of 30-35 days at a distance of 30 cm.
To improve the taste, the leaves are bleached, tying the upper part of the outer leaves together 2-3 weeks before harvesting, and the beds are covered with black lutrasil.
Or plants are ripened together with the roots within a week after harvesting (without access to light!).

Eng.: Chicory salat. Suom.: Salaattisikuri. Sven.: Rosensallat.