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Swede - Champion Purple Top
$3.80
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(Brassica napus) - Untreated Seed
A popular heirloom variety, also known as Swedish Turnip or Rutabaga, having been culitvated since the Middle Ages in Europe. A creamy root vegetable with purple top. Has a enjoyably rich and sweet flavour, great steamed, roasted, in soups or stews. Best sown AUTUMN - WINTER - sweetness is enhanced by frost. Stores excellently at cool temperatures. A highly productive and relable variety, maturing in 90 days.
Sow direct in rows, space seed 15cm apart, cover with 5mm of soil. Mature in 90 days.
Sow Late Summer - Winter. Sweetness is enhanced by cold weather/frosts.
Seed packet contains approx. 100+seeds