#raphanussativus

62681.01 Raphanus sativus 'Lady Slipper' by horticultural art https://flic.kr/p/2nYaTMz

New Seed Alert! We are very grateful to @bearbottomfarm for sending us their truly-loved Black Spanish Radish seeds. This handsome radish is great for winter food and fermenting. Called Kara Turp in Turkey, this radish is also used medicinally with honey. To make the medicine: cut the tops and tails off, core out the middle, fill with honey, cover, let stand for 12 hours, and drink the honey-sweetened radish juice to cure colds and coughs. Radishes are likely from Southeast Asia, where their only truly wild forms are found today. Black Spanish Radishes have been grown in Europe since at least the 1500s, only recently losing popularity to spring radishes. It is seeing a come-back thanks to its healing properties. Now available at www.trueloveseeds.com #blackspanishradish #raphanussativus #seedkeeping https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BoHlNA4TS/?igshid=cbojkh0f3ih8

62611.01 Raphanus sativus by horticultural art https://flic.kr/p/2nSmVvv

62680.01 Raphanus sativus 'Lady Slipper' by horticultural art https://flic.kr/p/2nY2KN2

60791.01 Raphanus sativus by horticultural art https://flic.kr/p/2kkysTX

58661.01 Raphanus sativus by horticultural art https://flic.kr/p/22hu7y8

Turkish Kara Turp Radish: a potent medicine. I was digging through the seeds William Woys Weaver has shared with me over the years, and found a 12-year-old packet of these radishes originally from an Istanbul market and decided to give them a try. To make the medicine: cut the tops and tails off, core out the middle, fill with honey, cover, let stand for 12 hours, and drink the honey-sweetened radish juice to cure colds and coughs. This is likely a selection of Black Spanish Radish. #raphanussativus #karaturp #blackspanishradish #plantmedicine #honeyradish #radishhoney #seedkeeping (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)