[Seedgeeks] kohlrabi

[dan at openaccess.org]

Gigante and Gigant Winter are the same according to Cornucopia. Was
reselected by Meader from a Czech heirloom. Not the same as Superschmeltz.

cheers
Dan



> Seedgeeks post:
> Nick Routledge wrote:
>
>>  ...we find Superschmeltz kohlrabi, aka Gigante, gets large and holds
>> up well through the mid-winter...
>
> For my fantasy cross of tall marrow stem kale with kohlrabi, I have
> obtained Dyna (Sativa Rheniau ???  via Territorial), Superschmelz
> (Sativa Rheniau ???  via Territorial) and Gigante (??? via Nichols).  I
> have also seen catalog references to "Gigant", which I assume is the
> same as "Gigante".  Gigant has always been described as a
> "Czechoslovakian heirloom" while I always assumed that "Superschmelz"
> was developed in Switzerland.  Catalog photos of Superschmelz show a
> squat globe while some photos of Gigant show an elongated globe;  as if
> Gigant is already an intermediate between a short marrow stem kale and a
> kohl rabi.
>
> So Nick, are you sure that Superschmeltz is just another name for
> Gigante?  Tim Peters grows Gigante (or otherwise offers seed); maybe he
> knows.
>
>> Kolibri also does well.
>
> Catalogs sometimes describe Kolibri as a hybrid.
>
>> Am I right in assuming we are weak in kohlrabi diversity?
>
> I would love to look this up, but it will take several months.  One
> source of diversity would be to check the catalogs of Asian veggies; it
> was introduced into Northern China, I believe in the 1800s, maybe in the
> 1700s.
>
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