LATE OR WINTER VARIETIES 
CELESTIAL (CHINESE WHITE WINTER, CALIFORNIA MAMMOTH 
WHITE)  @icaly orae wr aeoutie tiers em 57-62 days 
Roots: 214-3 x 8-10”, long cylindrical, square 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) -  .  . 50-54 days 
Roots: 2 x 7-8” slightly pyriform, blunt, smooth, bright rose, flesh white 
and pungent. 
Tops: Large, coarse. 
HALF LONG GRAY . te 54-59 days 
Roots: 2-3” at shoulder x 4-5” long, tapered; grayish black skin and white, 
moderately pungent flesh; good winter type. 
Tops: Large, coarse. 
LONG BLACK SPANISH A ae ee 55-60 days 
Roots: Long winter type; 2-214 x 7-10"; long cylindrical with tapered 
tips; skin black and roughened; flesh white, pungent, crisp and solid, 
Tops: Very large, coarse, cut leaf. 
ROUND BLACK SPANISH . . . "SSS endaye 
Roots: Choice winter type; 4-5” in diameter, globular 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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