Leaf chicory Rossa di Treviso – Rossa di Treviso 1g Premium S.

Leaf chicory Rossa di Treviso develops extremely attractive, conical heads of elongated leaves with white petioles and veins and carmine-red leaf blades. This wonderful variety produces crops quite late, in autumn and at the turn of autumn and winter. It is best to grow it from seedlings produced in a seedbed in late spring or under glass at a slightly earlier date.

The tender, juicy, delicate-tasting leaves of the presented plant can be served raw, as an addition to sandwiches and salads, or stewed. They contain provitamin A and vitamins C, B1, B2 and PP, they are also rich in mineral salts and low in calories. The mustard oils contained in them support the digestive system and stimulate appetite.