D'Avignon

Spring radish. Attractive, red-purple, cylindrical roots with color fading to white at the bottom. Some roots are apically bulbous. Most roots are straight; some are slightly crooked. Roots form mostly above soil line. Roots reached 2.2-3.4in long; 0.8-1in wide; and weighed 0.5-0.9oz in 2015 spring growout at Heritage Farm. White flesh. Rather dry and dense texture. Somewhat soft and not very sweet. Brix score: 2.7. Plants reach 4-6in tall and 6-8.5in wide. Few, short, semi-erect leaves with purple petioles. Acquired by SSE from Johnny's Selected Seeds. SSE Accession # 118693