Pastinaca sativa

• 100-120 days
• sweet and nutty taste.
• full sun.
• hardy crop that can toleratelight and hard frost

Parsnips produce roots with a sweet, nutty flavor and crisp texture. Flavor is best if timed to mature during cool weather. Roots are yellowish- white, shaped like a carrot, and may grow to 12/30cm long and 2/5cm across at the top. Use in stews and soups, steamed, sauted in butter, or shredded raw in salads. A very heavy yielding root crop.