LATE OR WINTER VARIETIES 
CELESTIAL (CHINESE WHITE WINTER, CALIFORNIA MAMMOTH 
WHITE) ore: . «9 a SOeO2idays 
Roots: 242-3 x 8-10", long silinihsioal ae shoulder, and blunt tip 
with tendency to bulge in midsection; creamy white skin, with crisp, 
solid, snowy white, mildly pungent flesh. 
Tops: Very large, coarse, cut leaf. 
CHINA ROSE WINTER (SCARLET CHINA) .  .  . 350-54 days 
Roots: 2 x 7-8” slightly pyriform, blunt, smooth, bright rose, flesh white 
and pungent. 
Tops: Large, coarse. 
HALF LONG GRAY... . . 54-59 days 
Roots: 2-3” at shoulder x 4-5” one tapered; aegti' black skin and white, 
moderately pungent flesh; good winter type. 
Tops: Large, coarse. 
LONG BLACK SPANISH am - = DO200Kiays 
Roots: Long winter type; 2-242 x 1- 10"; one eylindrical with tapered 
tips; skin black and roughened; flesh white, pungent, crisp and solid. 
Tops: Very large, coarse, cut leaf. 
ROUND BLACK SPANISH... 2... OB Shemtayes 
Roots: Choice winter type; 4-5” in denies: atsibalk to thick shape, with 
small to medium tap root; jet black, fairly smooth skin, flesh snowy 
white, crisp, pungent. 
Tops: Large, coarse, cut leaf. 
RHUBARB 
Rheum rhaponticum 
MYATT’S LINNAEUS 
Produces fine flavored, large, long stalks in second early season. 
MYATT’S VICTORIA 
Vigorous growing main crop variety, producing excellent quality, thick 
red stalks. 
SALSIFY (VEGETABLE OYSTER) 
Tragopogon perrifolius 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND... .-_—_..._-—«:150-180 days 
Commonly cultivated variety; slow growing, hardy; long tapering fleshy 
roots, creamy white; stores well. Used in soups, giving flavor similar to 
oysters. 
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