6 SWEDE – 6.100 - PLANT FACTS and VARIETIES

 
ORGANIC FARMING COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY   
6 SWEDE – 6.100 - PLANT FACTS and VARIETIES  

 
Swedes and turnip are from the brassica family, also root fruit. The introduction of disease resistant varieties has this vegetable even easier to grow. All you have to do is to sprinkle some seeds in late spring or summer, thin a view week later and then lift the large globular roots as you need them. Few other crops are quite so straightforward. Swedes are closely related to turnips (Swedish Turnip) but the flesh is generally yellow and the flavour both milder and sweeter.
There are other differences – the plants are hardier, the yields are greater, and the growing period is longer.
 
VARIETIES:
MARIAN:  
It has all the plus points - high yields, good flavour and texture with the bonus of resistance to club root and mildew.
BEST OF ALL:
You will find this purple-skinned yellow-fleshed variety in many catalogues
Very hardy and reliable.
LIZZY:
This resent introduction is claimed to have a better flavour than this other varieties. Slow to run to seed.
RUBY:
Like Lizzy, this new swede has been bred for extra sweetness. More resistant than most to powdery mildew.
WESTERN PERFECTION:
The reputation of this variety is based on its quick -growing nature. The purple-topped roots have yellow flash.
ACME:
Another purple-topped variety which is quick growing like western Perfection.
 
Text from The Vegetable & Herb Expert D.D.G. Hessayon

 
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6 SWEDE – 6.100 - UKWELI WA MIMEA na AINA MBALIMBALI
 
Swedes na turnip ni kutoka kwa familia ya brassica, pia matunda ya mizizi. Kuanzishwa kwa aina zinazostahimili magonjwa kuna mboga hii hata rahisi kukuza. Unachohitajika kufanya ni kunyunyiza mbegu mwishoni mwa majira ya kuchipua au kiangazi, punguza mwonekano wiki moja baadaye na kisha uinulie mizizi mikubwa ya globula kadri unavyohitaji. Mazao mengine machache ni ya moja kwa moja. Wasweden wana uhusiano wa karibu sana na turnip (Zabibu ya Uswidi) lakini nyama kwa ujumla ni ya manjano na ladha yake ni laini na tamu zaidi.
Kuna tofauti nyingine - mimea ni ngumu zaidi, mavuno ni makubwa, na kipindi cha kukua ni cha muda mrefu.
 
AINA MBALIMBALI:
MARIAN:
Ina pointi zote muhimu - mavuno ya juu, ladha nzuri na texture na ziada ya upinzani dhidi ya mizizi ya klabu na koga.
BORA KULIKO YOTE:
Utapata aina hii ya rangi ya zambarau-njano katika katalogi nyingi
Imara sana na ya kuaminika.
LIZZY:
Utangulizi huu wa hasira unadaiwa kuwa na ladha bora kuliko aina hii nyingine. Polepole kukimbia kwa mbegu.
RUBY:
Kama Lizzy, mswidi huyu mpya amekuzwa kwa utamu zaidi. Inastahimili zaidi kuliko nyingi kwa ukungu wa unga.
UKAMILIFU WA MAGHARIBI:
Sifa ya aina hii inategemea asili yake ya kukua haraka. Mizizi yenye rangi ya zambarau ina flashi ya manjano.
ACME:
Aina nyingine ya rangi ya zambarau ambayo inakua haraka kama Ukamilifu wa magharibi.