Radicchio is a perennial cultivated form of leaf chicory, commonly used in Italian cuisine. It is grown as a leaf vegetable and usually has colourful, white-veined red leaves that form a head. Radicch
Belgian endive, also known as witloof chicory or chicon, is a lettuce-like vegetable or salad green. Belgian endive was developed in Belgium in the 1850s and is nicknamed "white gold" in that country.
Radicchio
…radicchio (e.g., Rosso di Verona) and generally milder winters allow the West European cultivator to harvest two or more crops from a single planting. Belgian endive Chicory and Endive atinnvista.com (archived…
Endive au jambon
A field of first-season Belgian endive
A first-season plant
Root with leaves removed, ready to be packed into a growing container