[Seedgeeks] kohlrabi

[Judith Moran]

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On 9/11/07, dan at openaccess.org <dan at openaccess.org> wrote:
> Seedgeeks post:
> 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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