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Open pollinated broccoli has been long neglected in the realm of seed breeding. Our extensive 2008 trials of all the OP varieties currently available proved to be fairly discouraging, with one exception. Umpqua was simply heads and shoulders above the pack in growth and flavor. We have often seen Umpqua described in catalogues with the kiss-of-death descriptor, "best suited for home gardens". Really? We've been happily growing Umpqua for fresh market and CSA for years and have been impressed with its color, taste, vigor, and head size. Growing quite large when given good fertility, it matures over a period of about 2 weeks with side shoots for a couple weeks more. We'll leave the "farm suited" weirdly dense, month-long shelf life, tastes-like-cardboard, 10-acres-ready-to-cut-at- 7:42 AM-sharp-on-Tuesday-July-6th-just-in-time-to-meet-the-truck, modern hybrids to those whose businesses require such qualities. Great for fresh market but not a shipper.
65-80 days
Packet: 100 seeds, additional bulk sizes. (~6-7,000 seeds/oz)

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