Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners - Variety Details

Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners is a citizen science program

Explore Varieties
Find:
in:
crop:
sort by:
order:
Login to limit results to your state or frost-free growing season.

'White Egg' Turnips

Sub-Category:	None

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Egg-shaped roots with snowy white flesh. Grows rapidly half out of the ground. Good for early-market bunching. Good keeper. Flavor intensifies in storage.
Days To Maturity:	45
Seed Sources:

Rating Summary

Overall: (2.0 Stars) Taste: (3.0 Stars) Yield: (2.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (2.0 Stars)

Reviews

Login to share your Review of White Egg.

Number of Reviews: 2

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 09/19/2006 by NWL - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Oxford, Maine, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Not a good producer. Less than 25% of the plants had edible roots.

Reviewed on 05/07/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This cultivar has not performed well for me. The greens are not as tasty as Purple/White Globe or Amber Globe. Roots are irregular and become pithy too early.

Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners is a citizen science program, © 2004-2025, All Rights Reserved
Cornell Garden Based Learning, Cornell University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Horticulture Section