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Tendergreen
- “Tender and delicious,” says
Fedco’s trialer Donna Dyrek. Up to a
week earlier than Packman’s flat-top
with a better looking 6–7"
semi-domed head. The medium-large
beads do a good job of shedding
water. Pleasing blue-green color. No
side shoots production.
Waltham 29 -
Developed
in 1951 and long considered the
standard open-pollinated fall
broccoli. Fedco found a reliable
strain which consistently produces
6" heads with medium beads on
attractive stocky 20" plants. Many
hybrids make bigger central heads,
but Waltham delivers a goodly number
of side shoots.
Umpqua - Developed
in 1990 by Tim Peters, gets its name
from the Umpqua River in Oregon.
Handsome uniform dark-green 5–6"
heads. A great producer of abundant
side shoots over a long harvest
window.
Windsor
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An excellent broccoli for the
second-early slot. Windsor’s
handsome nicely domed 6–7"
blue-green heads with small-medium
beads will please even the fussiest
growers. Widely adapted, Windsor can
tolerate cold and had the 2nd least
damage of the eight varieties in a
University of Massachusetts 2005
trial for heat stress.
Atlantic -
A fast grower with rounded, solid,
medium sized blue-green heads.
De Cicco
- An old reliable European variety
first introduced in 1890. The
small, blue/green heads are
delicious. Excellent flavor! |
