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'Gilfeather' Rutabagas |
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Round- to top-shaped, white roots with greenish shoulders above the soil line. Mild, white flesh. Sometimes called a turnip. Best flavor when picked after frost. Stores well.
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75-100
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (3.5 Stars)
Taste: (4.5 Stars)
Yield: (2.5 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 2
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 11/21/2010 by
Joseph L
- An experienced gardener
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Cache, Utah, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I grew Gilfeather in the 2010 growing season as a fall crop. It produced lots of leaves. The roots grew slowly. Many small and medium sized roots grew from the sides of the main root making them impossible to pull by hand. A digging fork was required to harvest them. No disease or pest problems noticed. |
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Reviewed on 01/13/2007 by
California Olive
- An experienced gardener
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California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| A white heirloom variety, Gilfeather is very sweet, though not the most attractive to look at. It is fine-grained, crispy and hard when eaten raw, like most other rutabagas. It's my favorite rutabaga. Seems to grow more slowly than some other rutabagas, and the plants have a different appearance, more like a turnip and less like cabbage. Holds pretty well in the garden in late fall in our climate.
For a more tender raw late fall vegetable, try turnip 'Just Right Hybrid'. It's also kind of ugly just out of the garden, but the flesh is mild, sweet and tasty. It grows more quickly than rutabagas and it holds well in fall. |
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