Description: (Brassica rapa). Supremely crisp, sweet and mild, the white and red, fine-grained flesh makes this a top fresh-eating salad turnip. The greens are super flavorful, tender, make superior sautéed greens, and contain lots of vitamin A. These beautiful, large, red-skinned turnips originate from a former part of Takayama called Hachigago, where a local turnip of a reddish-purple hue was widely grown. In 1918, this red-colored mutant was discovered among these Hachiga turnips and named Hida Beni Red Turnip.
Description: (Brassica rapa). A Japanese salad turnip with gorgeous, golden skin and oh-so-sweet flesh. It is excellent for raw or cooked preparations and exceptionally easy to grow. If you love the Hakurei turnip, you will love this tender, gilded little morsel. This thin-skinned salad type is scrumptious raw or can be roasted, steamed, and added to soups.
Description: (Brassica rapa). This Japanese turnip with slender roots and a vibrant magenta color adds a splash of pink color to pickles, stir-fries, and salads. Growers, add this eye-catching turnip to root stacks and bundles for extra curb appeal at the farmers market.
Description: (Brassica rapa). Japan’s legendary seedhouse Noguchi Seeds worked for decades on this salad-type turnip that would be superior in flavor and texture with crack resistance and rugged growth habit. It is widely considered the best of its class of turnips, and there is even an annual festival to celebrate this legendary local veggie. The Miyama stars in many fine Japanese dishes, from hot pots, salads, pickles and soups to the delectable Senmaizuke, or thousand sheet pickle, where it is sliced impossibly thin and preserved with kelp and sweet vinegar. Market gardeners and foodies alike will love this highly gourmet, easy-to-grow and highly nutritious offering. Meanwhile, for those looking for a snackable veggie, this is a mild, raw eating turnip to serve with carrot sticks!
Turnip Seeds, Nagasaki Akari Kabu:
Description: (Brassica rapa). A stunningly beautiful and delicious turnip traditionally grown in lovely Nagasaki, Japan. This sweet turnip has a plum to wine color skin with a hint of delicate purple in the sweet, crisp flesh. Great for pickling and a delicious raw turnip for fresh eating and salads. Incredibly good!
Description: (Brassica rapa). This white turnip is a traditional vegetable of Japan and listed among the illustrious group of Dento Yasai, or traditional cultural vegetables of Japan. Father of forest gardening, Masanobu Fukuoka, grew this variety as a wild under-story crop. With a reluctance to bolt or become pithy, this popular type has an incredible sweet taste and rich flavor. The roots are nice and smooth with crisp, white flesh of excellent quality. The delicious greens provide a healthy dose of vitamin C and are among the best tasting of cooked greens.
