Endive

1934 All-America Selections Winner! 90 days. Cichorium endivia. Open Pollinated. Batavian Full Heart Endive. It is a popular endive variety prized for its cool-season crop that tolerates light frost. The plant produces good yields of 10 to 12" tightly packed heads of dark green endive leaves. The inner leaves are very tasty and creamy, yellowish white. It can be eaten fresh as part of a green salad, sautéed, or chopped and added to soups and stews. Also makes an excellent garnish. Best as a spring or fall crop. Excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 31573. An heirloom variety from the USA.

90 days. Cichorium endivia. Open Pollinated. Green Curled Ruffec Endive. The plant produces good yields of dark green curly endive leaves with creamy white leaves in the center. It can be eaten fresh as part of a green salad, sautéed, or chopped and added to soups and stews. Perfect fresh, boiled, steamed, and used as a garnish. Also known as Early Green Curled Endive, Giant Fringed Oyster Endive, Ruffee Endive, Green Curled Rufec Endive, Rubble Endive, and Fine Green Curled Endive. It is resistant to cold, wet weather. Cold Tolerant. High Humidity Tolerant. Excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 6385. A pre-1865 heirloom variety from the USA.

95 days. Cichorium endivia. Open Pollinated. Salad King Endive. The plant produces good yields of dark green endive leaves with white ribs. It can be eaten fresh as part of a green salad, sautéed, or chopped and added to soups and stews. One of the best endive varieties on the market. Slow to bolt, frost-tolerant, and produces well even under difficult conditions. Excellent choice for home gardens. A 1957 heirloom variety from the USA. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 6394. A variety from the USA.