Parsnips 'The Student'
- Product number: 207260
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Pastinaca sativa
This old American variety is still a strong competitor to modern cultivars. Around 1860, Prof. Buckman introduced this variety to the market after some selective breeding, and it has remained a favorite among hobbyists!
Sweet, white root, cultivated for centuries. Parsnip remains have been found in Switzerland and Southern Germany during excavations from the Stone Age (9000 BCE and later). The parsnip became particularly popular as a cultivated crop around the turn of the millennium in Roman Italy. They are quite frost-hardy; the flavor is enhanced after a frost. Note: in warm and sunny weather, harvesting the leaves can cause irritation.
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Latin: Pastinaca sativa
Dutch: Pastinaak
Also: Pinksternakel
English: Parsnip
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- Flower colour: White flowers in umbels
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
- Annual or perennial: Biennial
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- Winter hardy: Forst hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Pastinaca sativa
- Dutch: Parsnip
- Also known as: Whitsuntide root
- English: Parsnip
