History The first European written record is by the botanist Mattioli in 1554 who wrote that it had "come lately into Italy". By the end of the 16th century, kohlrabi spread to North Europe and was being grown in Austria, Germany, England, Italy, Spain, Tripoli and parts of the eastern Mediterranean.
History The first European written record is by the botanist Mattioli in 1554 who wrote that it had "come lately into Italy". By the end of the 16th century kohlrabi spread to North Europe and was being grown in ,Austria, Germany, England, Italy, Spain, Tripoli and parts of the eastern Mediterranean.