Th e potential cultivars of Chinese radish which can be introduced to the organic growing conditions of the Czech Republic
was focused. We identifi ed which of selected radish cultivars gave the best yields when grown organically, and
which contained the highest contents of nutritionally important compounds, such as vitamin C, monosaccharides, fi bre
and selected minerals. Th ree cultivars (Jarola, Miyashige and Red Meat) were grown organically in the open fi eld in
Lednice during the years 2008 and 2009. All radish cultivars gave the suffi cient yield (33–42 t/ha of marketable yield). Th e
study of nutritional properties showed that cv. Red Meat had a signifi cantly higher content of ascorbic acid (271 mg/kg
in 2009). Cv. Miyashige had the highest content of fi bre (1.7 g/100 g in 2009). Content of potassium was reasonably high,
although there were signifi cant diff erences between the cultivars. Cv. Jarola had the highest content of calcium (157 mg/kg
in 2009).