Varietes of Rapini

Rapini 'Quarantina'

• The 40 day variety is great for early season, or fast catch crops.

• Produces very early florets.

• Tender, tasty, turnip-like tops and buds; pointed, elongated, deeply divided leaves; large buds; fine flavour; no resistance to heat stress; 40-70 cm tall.

• Sow in spring and autumn and harvest May or mid-October.

• From May onwards the 90-120 day varieties, R. 'Novantina' and R. 'Centoventina', provide the best plants, with less chance of bolting in the warmer late spring/summer weather.

• Once autumn arrives there is another window of opportunity to sow the most loved of the Rapini varieties.

Rapini 'Sessantina'

• Sometimes sold under the synonym R. 'Sessantina Grossa'

• Takes 50-80 days to maturity.

• A great bitter-sweet taste and stems are excellent cooked as a side dish or cooked together with a short pasta such as Orechiette.

• Succession plant weekly for a continuous harvest.

• Excellent cultivar, uniform and vigorous; abundant, deeply serrated foliage; attractive, large, round tops; one of the earliest large budded types; pleasant flavour; 30-35 cm tall.

• Sow Apri-mid Augus and harvest June-mid October.

Rapini 'Riccia di San Marzano'

• 60-80 days to maturity.

• Leaves curled at the tips; has a wonderful flavour; 35-45 cm tall.

• Sow April-mid August and harvest June-mid October.