Radish is one of the few vegetables that are grown both under glass and in outside soil, in The Netherlands. The red little tubers have heavy demands to the soil, which particularly shouldn’t be too heavy, and to the expertise of the growers. The growing cycle starts with sowing, which is done by machine. The period of cultivation depends on which part of the year it is, and varies from four weeks during summer up to ten weeks during winter. The growers harvest the radish manually or with machines. In order to avoid direct contact with the product, the harvested radish is directly placed in the end-packaging and rinsed with clean tap water. Radish is very suitable as a low calories snack and a good alternative for coated nuts.

Radish processing and packaging

Availability

Netherlands: January - December

Also grown by:

• Fa. L. de Zeeuw & Zn
• Fa. van Heijningen
• Yilmaz A. Kanat

Icicles are related to radish and winter radish. They look like mini-winter radish carrots. The flavour of the white tubers is slightly spicy and a bit softer than radish. Icicles are tasty in salads or as a snack. Also red and red-white variants are available. While harvesting bunches are made of the tubers with foliage. Due to the extended growing period, supply during winter is less than in the summer.

Availability

Netherlands: January - December

Radish is the root of a small plant that is a member of the cruciferous species. These convex, (mostly) red roots are consumed raw including the skin. They have a spicy flavour. Because of the bright red skin, they are often applied as decoration, for instance in the Japanese cuisine where the red strings decorate pieces of raw fish (sashimi).

Radish can be supplied in below stated packaging :

• 20 ×125 gram (cone shaped bag)
• 250 grams
• 500 grams
• 2,5 kg
• 1 kg
• 10 × 1 kg
• 10 kg loose (crate)

Availability

Netherlands: January - December

Also grown by:

• Kwekerij Vos
• M.P.L. van der Stok
• V.o.f. van der Knaap Overkleeft

White pointed radish is a half long variant of red white pointed radish. Apart from the well-known red round tubers, over the last few years the long white pointed radish has become increasingly popular. This radish has an oblong shape and a white end. They taste the same as red radish: nice and spicy and peppery. Radish is very healthy and is full of minerals, nutritive salts and vitamin C.

Availability

Netherlands: January - December

Winter radish is directly related to radish and the black radish and is also known as white summer black radish. The Japanese variant is called Daikon. It is an oblong, white root with a rather spicy flavour, comparable to radish. Winter radish quickly grows in about six to seven weeks. In The Netherlands it is regularly grown during spring and summer in the outside soil on higher sandy soil.

This vegetable is mostly consumed raw and is very suitable as a healthy addition to a sandwich or as a healthy snack. In addition winter radish is combinable with other vegetable for stir-frying.

Availability

Netherlands: May - October
Spain: October - April

Also grown by:

• Mts. Wijnen