Red is the color most closely associated withradishes . The full-blooded , year - round veggie can range from red and pink to white and every hue in between . Green and black radish are even native to a few countries .
Red Radishes
flushed radish have a layer of red-faced skin and are white inside . cerise globe ( or push Raphanus sativus ) are the most popular in the United States . cerise , champion and red king are a few other smorgasbord . French Breakfast Raphanus sativus longipinnatus have an elongate , rather than rotund , root . These crisp , peppery vegetable are spring and summertime varieties , and most often grace salads and vegetable platters .
Pink and White Radishes
pinkish beauties can pasture from vivid live - garden pink to lighter pinkish hue . Like the red Japanese radish , it is only the pelt of these veggie that is colored . White beauties , California gigantic livid and whitened icicle are glowing ashen radish plant , inside and out . Many packets of seeds mix the similarly mild - flavored pinkish and white motley . Daikon is a Japanese white Raphanus sativus longipinnatus that grows very prominent and thick , and has a much stronger flavor .
Other Varieties
Citrullus vulgaris radishes ( an Asiatic variety ) are perfumed , with a white outer tegument and ruby-red - pinkish flesh . There are also impregnable , black Spanish radishes and gullible Taiwanese radishes . Plum empurpled radishes are purple , but rare . It is believed that radishes were originally black , then bred to be lily-white and finally red by the 1700s .
Growing Radishes
As the radish plant life begins to grow , seedlings sprout a few roundish , bright - unripened leafs , which can also be eaten . Eventually you will remark the colorful top of the radish beginning thump above the ground . Pick radish when they are an inch or so across . Yellow flowers will maturate at the tops of many amply - grow radish stalks . Radishes grow tight and should be picked fast — ideally before they fully flower , or they can become hard and stringy . Radishes should not be yellow or have brown spots .
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