Rat-tail Radish

Grown for its edible immature seed pods, similar in texture to pea pods, but with the full flavor of radish. The true rattail variety has slim purple pods, the earliest being over a foot long with a glossy waxed sheen. Originally from Prairie Garden Seeds, then improved by our friends at Wild Garden Seeds. This strain is truest to the original form described in the famous 1885 Vilmorin Seed Catalogue – if you scan the other so-called rattail offerings online, you’ll see many just look like normal radish pods – but this one is the real thing! Makes a lot of pod & very few seed, so a small packet, but you only need a few plants – you’re going to let them flower and make a 3ft flowering bush; just keep picking the pods and they will make more.

This is yummy easten raw or cooked, so great in stirfies, salads and dips.