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Catalogna Puntarelle Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 28-65
Description: Narrow, dark green, strap-shaped leaves. Harvest for baby leaves at 28 days when flavor is mild. As plant matures bittersweet flavor gets stronger. Harvest mature plants by cutting at base. Slow to bolt.

Ameliore (Dandelion) Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Improved French strain of the common weed has broader leaves.

Dandy Red Dandelion Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 30-55
Description: Not a true dandelion but a variety of Chicorium intybus used in salads when small or cooked at maturity. Plants have tall, narrow, somewhat serrated, shiny green leaves with deep red veins. Harvest 30 to 35 days for baby leaves, 55 days mature. Also known as Catalogna.

Catalogna Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 52-83
Description: Fast-growing plants used for early greens produce deeply cut, long, broad leaves resembling dandelions. Stalks and leaves have an asparagus-like flavor.

Red Rib Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 35-55
Description: Dandelion-type chicory with bright red stems and midvein and dark green leaf. 35 days to baby harvest, 55 days for mature crop. Also known as 'Red Ribbed Dandelion-Leaved'

Catalogna Special Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 28-48
Description: Cutting chicory. Upright plants produce long, slender, deeply cut, deep green leaves with white midribs. Slow-bolting. 28 days to baby harvest, 48 days to maturity.

Witloof Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 85-85
Description: Belgium heirloom. 18-inch plants produce long green leaves with delicious hearts and inner leaves. Use roots to force new growth in winter storage.

Wild Garden Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-100
Description: Cool-season, cold-hardy, 12-inch plants can naturalize along the margins of garden, paths, compost areas and harvested for salad. Developed from mix of 8 Italian varieties. 12-inch plants

Italiko Rosso Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Italian heirloom dandelion. Plants produce bright red stems and deep green leaves.

Sugar Loaf Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Italian heirloom for fall planting. Plants produce large, mild-flavored heads.

Dente de Leon Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 28-35
Description: Italian cultivated dandelion. Plants produce bitter-flavored greens for salads or cooking.

Orchidea Rossa Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-70
Description: Early, red, Italian chicory. Plants produce attractive, round, deep red/maroon, rosette-shaped heads. Also known as 'Red Orchid'.

Bianca a Bergamo sel Franchi. Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Plants form round heads of light green leaves with white stems.

Grumolo bionda Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-80
Description: Light green grumolo type for fall growing. Plants produce elongated heads with large rounded leaves. Overwintered roots produce small round rosette in spring.

Grumolo Verde Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Dark green grumolo type for fall crops.

Bionda a foglie larghe Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 40-45
Description: Light green cutting chicory. Plants produce mild-flavored, tall, rounded, unserrated leaves. Grow spring, summer, fall.

Spadona Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 40-40
Description: Plants produce long, rounded, smooth, unserrated leaves with very thin stem. Grow any time. Broadcast sow.

Zuccherina di Trieste. Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 40-40
Description: Plants produce heart-shaped, light-green leaves with almost no ribbing and very small stems. Regrows after cutting. Broadcast sow. Grow at any time.

Catalogna Brindisina Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 75-85
Description: Grown mostly for stems, which is thicker than 'Puntarelle' and has white bulb at bottom. Broadcast for baby, space 10 inches for full size.

Galantina Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 85-100
Description: Grown for its very thick stems (larger than brindisina). Pick as baby or grow to full size. Also known as asparagus chicory.

Catalogna Pugliese Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 75-80
Description: Tall, open, green-leaved chicory. Plants produce long white stems with serrated green leaves. Best for fall. Broadcast sow for baby and space 6 inches apart for full size.

Barba di Cappuccino Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 75-75
Description: Tall, open, green-leaved chicory. Plants produce long, white, thick stems with green serrated leaves. Grow in fall for full size plant, anytime for baby. Also known as 'Monks Beard'.

Catalogna gig. di Chioggia Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Grown primarily for stems. Large plants produce thin stems. Best in fall.

Selvatica da Campo Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 55-60
Description: Wild chicory. Open plants grow close to the ground and produce thin white stems and green serrated leaves. Also known as 'Wild of the fields'.

Cicoria da radice di soncino Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 90-100
Description: Root chicory. Large-leaved plants produce long, cylindrical, white roots with sweet, tender flesh. is very sweet and tender. Direct seed in early summer for fall harvest.

Grumolo Rossa di Verona Adia Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Red-leaved Grumolo cutting chicory.

Wild Garden Mix Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 30-30
Description: Cichorium intybus Cold-hardy blend of colors, shapes and bittersweet flavors. Leaves vary from elongated and serrated to smooth and round. Colors range from rich green to red freckled and vibrant red.

Emerald Catalogna Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Italian dandelion. Plants produce long, smooth leaves best harvested young.

Crystal Hat Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Open pollinated. Plants produce long, oval heads are similar to cos or romaine lettuce. in appearance. Withstands summer heat and fall frosts.

Leonardo Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 81-81
Description: Frost-tolerant hybrid. Plants produce large, well-formed red heads. Needs cool nights to develop the dark red color. Tipburn resistant.

Dandelion Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 95-95
Description: Actual dandelion (not chicory). Open pollinated, 2-foot-wide plants produce vitamin-rich leaves. Roots can be roasted for coffee-like beverage.

Clio Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 48-48
Description: Catalogna type Italian dandelion.

Eros Cutting Chicory Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 46-46
Description: Early escarole. Plants produce dense, heavy heads with mildly bitter leaves.
 
 
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