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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America

Parsnip, Lists 1-26 Combined

Edited by Philipp W. Simon

USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706

Andover - Breeder: University Minnesota, D. Davis. Resistance: brown canker.

Fullback (St-12) - Breeder and vendor: Dessert Seed Co. Parentage: selection out of Short Thick. Characteristics: open pollinated, uniform short root with thick shoulder. Similar: Short Thick. Adaptation: wide. 1980.

Smooth White - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Detroit. Parentage: selection from Long White Dutch. Similar: Long White Dutch. Characteristics: long tapering roots, 8-10"; very white parsnip. Ferry-Morse Seed Company Desc. List. 1950.

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