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If You’ve Never Tried Growing Radicchio, Now Is the Time This cultivated form of chicory is having a moment. Here’s what you need to know before you plant it. When most people picture radicchio, they think of the kind that comes in a bagged baby-salad mix. But there are a dizzing variety of radicchios, including (top row, from left) Rosso di Treviso Tardivo, Variegato di Lusia and Variegato di Castelfranco; (middle, from left) Rosso di Chioggia and Rosso di Verona (a large and small example); and (bottom, from left) Rosa del Veneto (two examples) and Rosso di Treviso Precoce. (Punta...

This article originally appeared on FoodPrint. Like most children, Lane Selman didn't like the bitter bite of radicchio growing up. "I'm from Florida originally, and it's not popular in Florida at all," she says. "My mother ate a lot of radicchio, with cranberries and walnuts, but I was always like 'What is this thing?' I didn't eat it." Today Selman, an agricultural researcher at Oregon State University and Director of the Culinary Breeding Network, is a bonafide radicchio cheerleader. Part of her work includes identifying ideal varieties of vegetables for the region, including radicchio,...