Lists 1-27 Combined
Edited by Al Burkett and Jewel Yates
Seminis Vegetable Seeds
37437 State Highway 16
Woodland, CA 95695
and Jon Behling
Alf Christianson Seed Co.
6011 185th Street SW
Lynnwood, WA 98037
18 Day – Vendor: Gourmet Gardener. Characteristics: old OP with red roots and white tips, 18 days; imported from France.
Altaglobe – Vendor: Chriseed. Characteristics: medium top radish, Bright Cherry Belle root color. Resistance: pithiness, tolerant to fusarium yellows, Rhizoctonia scurf. Adaptation: muck soils, performs well in Pacific coastal regions. PVP. 1996.
Ball Cross – Breeder and Vendor: Takii. Characteristics: giant ball type with green neck, 15-16 cm diameter, 60-day maturity, late fall crop. Resistance: high tolerance to viruses, strong heat and cold tolerance.
Belle Glade (HXP 3763) – Breeder: H. Humaydan. Vendor: Harris Moran Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, a bright red globe radish, tops are medium-tall refined red globe radish, more tolerance to high/low temperature than existing cultivars, performs best on low pH soils and in high and low temperatures. Resistance: fusarium yellows; tolerance to black root/black scurf. Similar: Fancy Red. Adaptation: Florida. PVP 8600048. 1985.
Black Spanish Round – Vendor: Ornamental Edibles. Characteristics: large 3-4″ deep black skinned globe with a crisp pure white interior and relatively mild flavor, 53-80 day maturity.
Brightest Breakfast – Vendor: Heirloom Seeds. Characteristics: scarlet red with white tip, mild and sweet, oblong, 1 1/2 to 2″, 28 days.
Buccaneer – Breeder and vendor: Associated Seed Growers, New Haven, Connecticut. Parentage: Cavalier. Characteristics: uniform globe type with excellent external color. Similar: Early Scarlet Globe. Adaptation: wide. 1952.
Burpee White – Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Company, Philadelphia. Parentage: inbreeding of Chinese cultivar to improve uniformity. Characteristics: sweet mild flavor, flattened globe shape, medium-tall foliage, pure white skin and flesh. Similar: Philadelphia White Box. Adaptation: wide. Burpee Catalog, 1947.
Cabernet (NVH3301) – Breeder and vendor: Rogers Brothers. Characteristics: hybrid red globe-tall globe, 21-23 day maturity, lush hardy tops, uniform shape, deep red color, good for bunching and cello-paks. Resistance: club root; tolerance to Rhizoctonia scurf. Similar: Rave, Cherriette. 1992.
Ceres – Vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: easy and fast growing cultivar, excellent deep red color with strong green top foliage and strong cotyledons. Adaptation: winter sowing.
Champion – Vendor: Various. Characteristics: Vigorous, large tops, deep scarlet, globe-shaped, very firm and stands well without becoming pithy, 20-25 day maturity. Good shipper. Similar: Crimson Giant.
Cherriette – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: early Cherry Belle type hybrid, red root color, globe-round shape, excellent for bunching, slow to develop pithiness, very crisp with good flavor. Adaptation: wide, but especially good for autumn production in temperate climates. 1987.
Cherry Belle – Vendor: Various. Characteristics: AAS Winner, bright cherry red, round to globe-shaped, flesh is crystal white, crisp, and mild, with short tops, earlier than Comet, widely used for bunching and forcing.
Cherry Bomb – Breeder and Vendor: Burpee. Characteristics: uniform, deep red round roots, outstanding flavor; not pithy. Resistance: Heat tolerant. 1999.
China Rose Winter – Vendor: Pennington Seed, Inc. Characteristics: half long stump, deep rose skin, white flesh, storage cultivar for home garden and market, plant in July or August for harvest before first frost, 58 day maturity.
Comet – Vendor: Various. Characteristics: round, flesh stays firm and crisp in late spring, early, for main crop and mid-summer planting, 25-day maturity.
Content – Breeder and Vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: very uniform hybrid, fast root formation with strong, dark green and long-keeping tops for bunching. Resistance: strong resistance to sponginess. Adaptation: late summer through spring in glasshouses and tunnels.
Crimson Giant – Vendor: Various. Characteristics: tall top, crimson to scarlet skinned, 1 1/2″ globe to top-shaped roots, tender, crisp, and mild.
Crunchy Red – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: Red Comet type hybrid, medium large tops, uniform dark red, round roots, very slow pith development, earlier than standard open pollinated cultivars. Resistance: tolerant to Rhizoctonia scurf. Adaptation: spring and fall culture in warm temperate regions.
Crunchy Royale (SRA4504) – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: Crunchy Red type hybrid, round, bright red, medium tall tops, extremely uniform, ideal for bunching. Adaptation: spring or fall harvest.
Crystal White (HXP 2760) – Breeder: H. Humaydan. Vendor: Harris Moran Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, White icicle type with persistent white shoulders; matures in 30 days, mid to early Comet type hybrid, tops are medium tall, root color is bright red and roots are round to slightly flattened round. Resistance: fusarium yellows (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans). Similar: White Icicle. Adaptation: wide. PVP. 1986.
Dandy – Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: open pollinated, medium top, earlier than Red Prince K-Strain, uniform color, globe shape and refined taproot. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar: Red Prince K-Strain. Adaptation: Florida and the upper Midwestern United States.
D’avignon – Vendor: Johnny’s Select Seeds. Characteristics: French cultivar, 3-4″ long, slender, about 1/2 red, white tip, tapered to a point, medium tops.
Discovery – Breeder and vendor: American Takii, Inc. Parentage: hybrid. Characteristics: April Cross class; slow bolting; excellent field-holding ability and uniform roots; matures in about 60 days, weighs about 800 g; 2 1/2 inches in diameter, roots are 15 inches long. 2005.
Early Scarlet Globe – Vendor: Various. Characteristics: bright red skin, white flesh, deep globe, fine grained, crisp and tender, 1″ diameter, 20-28 days, plant in spring or fall.
Easter Egg – Vendor: Christianson. Characteristics: combination of red, pink, purple, violet, white radishes; roots remain firm and crisp with good flavor, 28 day maturity, strapleaved. 1983.
Easter Egg II – Breeder and vendor: Alf Christianson Seed Co. Characteristics: developed for home gardening and novelty bunching; a blend of red, purple and white radishes; roots remain firm and crisp with good flavor; 28 day maturity; strap leafed. Adaptation: wide. 1983.
Everest – Breeder and Vendor: Takii. Characteristics: tropical Chinese radish, early white neck type, late pithiness, high yielder, 55 day maturity, 35 cm long x 6 cm diameter. Resistance: high heat tolerance. Adaptation: all year round in sub-tropical and tropical areas, not suitable for spring sowing in cool areas.
Fancy Red – Breeder: H. Humaydan. Vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: open pollinated. Resistance: tolerance to fusarium yellows, black root, and root scab. Similar: Cherry Belle. Adaptation: wide. PVP 7800033. 1979.
Fireball (SRA3502) – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: medium top, mid-early maturity, attractive dark red root color, round shape with good uniformity, outstanding round red radish. Resistance: tolerance to fusarium yellows. Similar: Cherriette. 1994.
Flamivil – Vendor: Various. Characteristics: predecessor of Fluo, French breakfast type; exhibits OP characteristics; cylindrical, 3″long, brilliant red with a frosty white tip; juicy, crisp, sweet, heirloom; 25 day maturity.
Flavorful (41507) – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. 1997.
Florent – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: hybrid with uniform root shape, deep red color, and fine taproot. Adaptation: spring and summer culture in both glasshouses and outdoor. Resistance: scab.
Fluo – Vendor: Vilmorin. Characteristics: the first semi-long hybrid with excellent presentation in bunches, semi-early cultivar, autumn and spring cropping, especially suited for protected-greenhouse cropping, intensive red color with white tips very strong leaf attachments. 1989.
Flyer – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: early, uniform hybrid, intense color and very fine taproot. Resistance: sponginess and splitting. Adaptation: autumn sowing in glasshouses and tunnels.
French Breakfast – Vendor: various. Characteristics: blunt oblong, 1 1/2 x 1/2″ red roots shading to white at tip, crisp, white flesh, mildly pungent, great for home garden, does not store well, 24 day maturity.
French Dressing – Breeder and vendor: Burpee. Characteristics: French-type, medium-size, uniform scarlet red tops and white tips, 2″ long x 1/2″ wide. 1999.
Fuego – Breeder: Universities of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Florida, cooperatively. Vendor: Rogers-Northrup King. Characteristics: deep scarlet red roots, oval-round, tops medium-short. Resistance: fusarium yellows; tolerance to black root, rhizoctonia scurf.
Fures – Vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: very uniform round red shape with large, dark green leaves. Resistance: Fusarium oxysporum.
Galahad – Vendor: Stokes. Characteristics: medium top version of Saxafire, dark green tops excellent for bunching, 20-day maturity; tolerant to color loss when washed. Resistance: same tolerance to Club Root as Saxafire.
Gloriette – Breeder and vendor: Sakata. Characteristics: Scarlet Knight type hybrid with large roots, slow in becoming pithy, almost free from cracking. Resistance: tolerant to fusarium yellows. Adaptation: spring outdoor crop.
Green Meat – Breeder and vendor: Takii. Characteristics: green flesh, crisp and sweet, deep green neck, 20-25 cm long, 6-8 cm diameter, 60 day maturity.
Hailstone – Vendor: Mountain Valley Seed Co. Characteristics: 1 1/2″ globe with pure-white skin and crisp, firm flesh, 25 day maturity.
Hercules – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: round, deep-red, uniform hybrid with excellent quality, strong, dark green and large tops. Resistance: sponginess and glassiness. Adaptation: Autumn and spring sowing in glasshouses and tunnels.
Jumbo Scarlet – Breeder and vendor: Takii. Characteristics: large, round, bright scarlet skin, pure white flesh with little pungency, late spring to summer sowing.
Leda – Breeder: Nunhems. Vendor: Canners. Characteristics: round, deep red, very uniform red roots, short foliage, summer cropping. 1989.
Long Black Spanish Heirloom – Breeder and vendor: Burpee. Characteristics: black skin, 7-10″long, juicy and pure white inside, 60 days.
Long Scarlet Cincinnati – Vendor: West Coast Seeds. Characteristics: 6″ long, red tapered roots, tall tops, 28 days.
Misato Green – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed America. Characteristics: Chinese type, cylindrical shaped stump root, 20-35 cm long x 6 cm diameter, 2/3 green interior and exterior, 1/3 white interior and exterior, very fine grained, starchy sweet textured with less moisture, excellent storage, small, short tops, good for eating and pickling, autumn to winter cropping.
Misato Red – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed America. Characteristics: Chinese type, large roots about 13 cm in diameter, solid, fine textured flesh, good storage, late pithiness, tough and easy to grow, 60 day maturity. Adaptation: autumn cropping in temperate zones.
Misato Rose Flesh – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed America. Characteristics: Chinese type, turnip shaped roots about 10 cm in diameter, upper half above ground shows light green, lower half under ground is pure white, tender, sweet, pinkish-red flesh lined radially from the center, small, few, turnip-leafed tops, excellent cold tolerance, autumn to winter cropping.
Mister Red (PS91703) – Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds. Characteristics: Fireball type hybrid, oval, globe, strong red color, short top, early spring to late fall planting. Resistance: Fusarium tolerant. 1998.
Nero Tondo (Black Spanish) – Vendor: Johnny’s Select Seeds. Characteristics: Black Spanish type, more uniform and bolt resistant, large 2-4″ black-skinned roots with crisp, hot, white flesh, 50 days, sow spring through fall. Adaptation: not recommended for spring planting in muck soils.
Notre Dame (41801) – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. 1997.
Novired – Vendor: Gourmet Gardener. Characteristics: bright red, 1″round, juicy, crisp texture, tender flesh, early maturing, 21 days; imported from France.
Okura Cross – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed America. Characteristics: cylindrical with a pinched tip, stump-rooted, mild, crisp, late pithiness, 65 day maturity, fall crop, winter in warm areas. Resistance: tolerant to soft rot.
Parat Sperling (German Giant) – Vendor: Seeds of Change. Characteristics: large, round, scarlet red, tender-crisp flavor; will not split, become woody or spongy; harvest small or baseball sized, 40 days.
Patricia – Breeder: Nunhems. Vendor: Canners. Characteristics: medium long, red color, white tip, cylindrical shape root, excellent internal quality, medium long strong foliage. Similar: French Breakfast. 1989.
Petit Dejeuner – Vendor: Renee’s Garden Seeds. Characteristics: mix of two French cultivars includes round and cylindrical roots, upper 2/3 bright cherry-red with white tips, refined shape, juicy, tender-crisp mild flesh. Adaptation: wide.
Pink Ball – Breeder and vendor: Hungnong. Characteristics: round, bright pink skin, pure white flesh, high starch, late pithiness. Resistance: tolerant to summer heat, sudden low temperature, and viruses.
Plum Purple – Breeder and vendor: Christianson. Characteristics: a medium-top strap leaf cultivar, roots are round, root color is deep purple, exceptional for the novelty and home gardening pack. Resistance: pithiness. PVP 8500129.
Rebel – Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds Inc. Characteristics: round, bright red, medium top, excellent uniformity, good tolerance to pithiness. 1994.
Red Baron – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, 23-day maturity, dark red, round to globe refined bulb, 3-3.5″ tops. Resistance: cracking, fusarium yellows; tolerance to Rhizoctonia scurf. Similar: Red Prince. Adaptation: wide.
Red Beret – Vendor: Johnny’s Select Seeds. Characteristics: big, round, red, long-standing, 2″ or more diameter, large tops, crisp, late pithiness; improvement on Champion.
Red Boy – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and Company, Minneapolis. Characteristics: short top, very bright root color, matures in 22 days. Similar: Scarlet Globe Short Top. Adaptation: muck and high nitrogen soils and greenhouse. Northrup King and Company descriptive list. 1959.
Red Castle (HMX 4762) – Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran Seed Co. Characteristics: attractive radish produces round, uniform fruit suitable for bunching, cello, and slicing markets; exterior, bright red; interior, snow white; plant features medium erect tops; bulbs continue to size; superior yield potential; slightly earlier than Red Satin. 2005.
Red Devil – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Characteristics: roots bright scarlet, deep globe shape and firm. Similar: Early Scarlet Globe Short Top. 1965.
Red Devil B – Vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: developed as a shorter top strain than Red Devil, 22 day maturity, round-slightly oval roots with intense red color, retains color well after rinsing.
Red Flame – Vendor: Park Seed. Characteristics: 3″ long, cylindrical, French Breakfast type, bright red with white tip, 24 days.
Red Fortress (HMX9768) – Breeder: Steve Magnusson. Vendor: Harris Moran Seed Co. Characteristics: bright red skin, solid interior. Resistance: root rot complex of Michigan muck soils.
Red Glow – Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed Co. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
Red Heart – Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed Co. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
Red King – Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: globe shaped radish with medium tall tops, approximately 26-day maturity. Resistance: fusarium yellows, club root race 6. PVP 8300024. 1983.
Red Meat – Breeder and vendor: Takii. Characteristics: deep green necks, red flesh, ball shaped, 8-cm diameter, fall to winter harvest, 60-day maturity.
Red Pak – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, Florida spring type, medium top, root color is scarlet red nice uniform top, bulbs produce high percentage of number ones, good color when planted in proper season. Resistance: Rhizoctonia, cracking; tolerance to Rhizoctonia scurf and resists cracking. Similar: Red Prince and Red Devil B. Adaptation: Florida (spring and fall) and warm growing regions. PVP. 1986.
Red Prince – Breeder: University of Wisconsin, Madison. Vendor: various. Characteristics: Short Top Scarlet Globe type, short tops and round bright red roots. Resistance: Fusarium wilt.
Red Ryder – Vendor: Harris Moran. 1992.
Red Satin (HMX 4761) – Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran Seed Co. Characteristics: attractive, general purpose radish particularly well-suited for Cello market; features vivid red exterior and a beautiful fog-white interior; holds its round shape well; highly uniform fruit; good yield; high recovery. 2005.
Red Silk – Vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: open pollinated, round red radish with a medium top, silky smooth shoulders with smooth, white interior contrasted by red exterior. Resistance: pithing; tolerance to fusarium yellows, club root race 6, black root. Adaptation: Florida conditions, low pH soils. 1992.
Reggae – Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds Inc. Characteristics: large, round, scarlet red, uniform, tall top. 1995.
Robijn – Breeder and vendor: Nunhems Zaden. Characteristics: deep red, round roots, very early root development, easy bunching. 1990.
Rond Rose a Bout Blanc – Vendor: Gourmet Gardener. Characteristics: round, bright pink with white tip, 24 days; imported from France.
Rudolf (1837) – Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds Inc. Characteristics: early maturing short top, round, bright red roots. 1997.
Sakurajima Mammoth – Breeder and vendor: Takii. Characteristics: giant, pure white, globe shaped, late maturity, good for winter crop in warm areas.
Salad Giant – Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed Co. Adaptation: U.S. 2002.
Salad Rose – Breeder and vendor: Burpee. Characteristics: from Russia, rosy pink, 8″ long, use young leaves for salad and stir fries, fall crop.
Scarlet Belle (NV 3254) – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics: thick, robust tops, produces a high percentage of number one bulbs, early maturing, approximately 24 day maturity, dark scarlet red color. Resistance: Rhizoctonia, Aphanomyces, Rhizoctonia scurf, black root. Similar: Red Baron, Red Devil B. PVP. 1982.
Scarlet Globe – Vendor: Pennington Seed Inc. Characteristics: medium small bunching cultivar, olive-shaped, bright scarlet root, crisp, mild, white flesh, cool season.
Scarlet Knight – Breeder: Northrup King and Co. Parentage: selection from Wisconsin Fusarium resistant material. Characteristics: selected for bright bulb color and slightly taller top than Red Prince; top is lighter green and shorter than Red Prince; maturity slightly earlier than Early Scarlet Globe (medium top selection). Resistance: tolerance to Fusarium. 1966.
Shunkyo Semi-Long – Vendor: Johnny’s Select Seeds. Characteristics: 4-5″ long, extra-crisp, cylindrical, deep pink roots with crisp, nutty, white flesh, hot and unusually sweet, smooth, lobeless foliage with rhubarb-pink stems are edible in salads, slow bolting, sown throughout the year, 32 days.
Snow Belle – Breeder and vendor: Alf Christianson Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, round, white radish with small taproot, distinctive, bright white roots that resist pithiness, tap root is refined; matures in 28 days; remains firm for a long time with good flavor; strap leaf foliage. Adaptation: all uses. PVP 8200025. 1983.
Sora – Breeder: Nunhems. Vendor: Canners. Characteristics: medium tall foliage, suitable for spring, summer, autumn cropping; very smooth, large, round root, deep red color, solid texture. Resistance: pithing, sponginess, and heat resistant. 1989.
Southern Market Globe – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: selection from Early Scarlet Globe, medium top. Characteristics: good root shape and color. Similar: Early Scarlet Globe. Adaptation: for general use. 1941.
Sparkler – Vendor: various. Characteristics: round, bright red top, white tip, white, mild flesh, 25-day maturity.
Stop Lite – Breeder: Northrup King and Company, Minneapolis. Characteristics: earlier, longer standing, slightly shorter top and brighter bulb color than Early Scarlet Globe Medium Top. Similar: Medium Top Scarlet Globe. 1962.
Sunshine (41600) – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. Parentage: F1 hybrid.
Taebaek – Vendor: Siegers Seed Co. Characteristics: Oriental type, elongated globe, bright green top half, tall top, very firm flesh. Resistance: BSR, DMT.
Tamina – Breeder: Nunhems. Vendor: Canners. Characteristics: suitable for spring and autumn cropping, uniform roots, deep red color, good internal quality, short foliage. 1989.
Tarzan (E 1835) – Breeder and Vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: hybrid, uniform and quick root formation, round with deep rich red color and good keeping ability. Adaptation: winter and spring sowing in glasshouses and tunnels. 1990.
Tinto – Vendor: Vilmorin. Characteristics: a round red hybrid, foliage is medium with a strong attachment, root shape is globe, deep scarlet red color, tap root and crown is refined, suited for bunching or cello-pak. 1994.
Torch (XP 3030) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: Saxa x Roky. Characteristics: open pollinated, 2 or 3 days earlier than Saxa, scarlet globe root color, short top, crisp white flesh. Similar: Red Prince. Adaptation: short-day season. 1975.
Trespa (E 560) – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: fast-growing hybrid with round root of deep red color, excellent interior quality, good top foliage. Adaptation: autumn sowing in glasshouses and tunnels. 1990.
Tricolor – Breeder and vendor: Hungnong. Characteristics: ball shape formed above ground, light green skin, bright pink flesh, sweet, juicy, high in starch, dark green foliage. Resistance: tolerates low temperatures very well.
Valentine – Vendor: Stokes. Characteristics: round, green and white for salads, red interior at maturity, 25-day maturity.
Vintage – Vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: round, deep red root color, short top Fuego type. Resistance: tolerance to fusarium yellows, Black Rot, Rhizoctonia Scurf. Similar: Fuego. 1992.
White Icicle – Vendor: various. Characteristics: slender tapered root 4-6″ long, crisp, mild, white flesh, snow white roots, grow like carrots, 28-30 day maturity.
White Prince – Breeder and vendor: Keystone Seed Co. Characteristics: tops short, roots slowly developing, spherical, white. Adaptation: wide. Keystone Catalog. 1969.
White Spike – Breeder: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Parentage: Red Prince and White Icicle. Characteristics: intermediate length White Icicle type, very uniform and highly productive both on muck and mineral soils. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar: White Icicle. Adaptation: well suited to the Midwestern United States. Plant Disease Reporter, 1967.