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Chicory - Vegetables

Vita Sementi Italian Seeds : Chicory : Cicoria Grumolo Verde 1 packet Forms an attractive rosette of green leaves and a small heart if grown to maturity, but often sown as a 'cut and come again' salad leaf. - more info from T&M

Vita Sementi Italian Seeds : Chicory : Cicoria Orchidea Rossa 1 packet Tennis ball sized, round red, white veined, crisp heads adding colour to salads or cooked vegetables. Boil leaves to remove bitterness, fresh leaves add zest to a mixed salad. - more info from T&M

Vita Sementi Italian Seeds : Chicory : Cicoria Variegata de Castelfranco 1 packet A creamy green, blotched red leaf chicory forming a most decorative loose heart. Colour is more pronounced as cooler winter weather approaches. Late maturing with excellent winter hardiness. Boil leaves to remove bitterness, fresh leaves add zest to a mixed salad. - more info from T&M

Vita Sementi Italian Seeds : Chicory : Cicoria variegata de Chioggia 1 packet Round headed, greenish leaves turning a reddish and white variegated as colder weather beckons and the heart formation becomes more noticeable. Good winter hardiness. Boil leaves to remove bitterness, fresh leaves add zest to a mixed salad. - more info from T&M

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