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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