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Machasi (aka Machashi)
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.1 oz. |
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Collected in 1982 from village of Machasi, SE of Cageri, Cageri Province, Lecchumi Region, Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson. Gatersleben #K 5873; SSE 179 |
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Magraani
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.3 oz. |
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From Republic of Georgia via John Swenson. SSE 72 |
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Mahogany
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 0.5 oz. |
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From Moldova via John Swenson. USDA PI 493097; SSE 9 |
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Marble Horn
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.8 oz. |
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This is supposed to be a Mottled Purple Stripe from Moldova via John Swenson. USDA PI 493096; SSE 10 |
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Marino
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
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Grace Reynolds of Hillside Organic Farm, Troy, New York received this from a Mr. Marino; SSE 343 |
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Mathews (aka Matthews)
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 0.9 oz. |
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Family heirloom from maritime western Washington State. SSE 130 |
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Mchadidzhvari
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 2.1 oz. |
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From Republic of Georgia via John Swenson. SSE 6 |
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Mchadidzhvari #1 (aka Purple Glazer)
| Variety: Glazed Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.8 oz. |
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Collected in 1986 from the village of Mcadidzvari, 10 km SW of Duseti, Duseti Province, Mtiuleti Province, Republic of Georgia. Gatersleben #K 7092; SSE 148 |
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Metechi
| Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.1 oz. |
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From Republic of Georgia. Although reported to be Gatersleben #K 7081, no accession matching this number occurs in the Gatersleben accessions database. SSE 89 |
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Mexican Red (aka Mexican Red Silver)
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 1.0 oz. |
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From John Swenson. This variety is neither the Mexican Red of the 1999 SSE yearbook nor the Mexican Red (139) of the 2001 SSE Yearbook, as none of these are silverskin varieties. SSE 139 |
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Mild French
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz |
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From the now defunct Porter and Sons Seed Company of Stephenville Texas. SSE 108 |
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Mom's Oklahoma Rocambole
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.2 oz |
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Grown by Darrell Merrell's mother for 25-30 years in Tulsa, Oklahoma area. SSE 247 |
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Monshanskij (aka Monsanskij)
| Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.3 oz |
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From North Moravia, Czech Republic. Gaterslaben #ALL 131; USDA PI 540334; SSE 183 |
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Montana Roja
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 0.9 oz. |
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From Chester Aaron. SSE 248 |
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Morado de Pedronera (aka Spanish Morado)
| Variety: Creole |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.8 oz. |
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From Andalucia, Spain via USDA-Pullman. USDA W6-8415; SSE 249 |
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Mother of Pearl
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
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From Seeds of Change; SSE 321 |
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Mucdi
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.9 oz. |
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Collected in 1982 from village of Mucdi, NE of Lentechi on the edge of the Svanetskij chrebet, Lentechi Province, Svanetia region, Republic of Georgia. Gatersleben #K 5876; SSE 79
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Munhung (aka Mun Hung)
| Variety: Asiatic? |
Harvest Date: Very Late |
| Average Head Weight: 1.3 oz |
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From the village of Munhung, ca. 30 km NE of Pyonyang, North Korea. Gatersleben #K 6802; SSE 177 |
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Music
| Variety: Porcelain |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.9 oz. |
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Named after Canadian grower Al Music, who reputedly brought this variety from Italy in the 1980s, via Ronald Bennett of Victor, New York. SSE 250 |