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W6 2563

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Early
Average Head Weight: 1.9 oz. 2006 Picture

From the former Soviet Union, via USDA-Pullman and John Swenson. USDA W6 2563; SSE 273

Waddel Iowa (aka Iowa)

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 1.2 oz 2006 Picture

Grown in Iowa for 25 years by Dean Waddell, via Filaree Farms. SSE 271

Waddell

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 1.0 oz.  

From John Swenson in 1999, likely the same as Waddel Iowa; SSE 340

Walla Walla Early Italian Purple (aka Walla Walla Early)

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Early
Average Head Weight: 2.0 oz. 2006 Picture

Reselected softneck Italian purple type from Oregon grower Horace Shaw via John Swenson; SSE accession from Mike Szyper of Lee Center, New York. SSE 4

Webber Creek (aka Webber Greek)

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 1.6 oz.  

From Al Webber of Ellensburg, Washington via Filaree Farm; SSE 297

Wedam

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. 2006 Picture

From Filaree Farm. SSE 120

Western Rose

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 2.2 oz.  

From Territorial Seeds; SSE 352

White Seedless

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 3.1 oz. 2006 Picture

From David Ronniger in 1988. SSE 80

Wild Buff

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Early
Average Head Weight: 1.1 oz. 2006 Picture

From former Soviet Union via John Swenson; although reputed to be USDA PI 59190, no accession of this number exists in the GRIN database. SSE 34

Wild Rocambole

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Early
Average Head Weight: 1.0 oz. 2006 Picture

collected from Moldova or Poland by Phil Simon in 1986, USDA R/AL/159. SSE 25

Wonha

Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe? Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 1.7 oz. 2006 Picture

Collected 1985 from the village of Wonha, approximately 30 km N of Pyongyang, North Korea. Gatersleben #K 6801; SSE 185

Xi'an (aka Xian (275), Chinatown Xian)

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Early
Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. 2006 Picture

Purchased by Chester Aaron in 1995 for $30 a head from worker at the Green Lotus restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown who had smuggled it from Xi'an, China; unfortunately based on pictures in The Great Garlic Book, Chester's purchase was of a Turban variety, while this assession is an Artichoke. SSE 275

Yampolskij (aka Jampol'skij)

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 1 oz. 2006 Picture

From the former Soviet Union via John Swenson. Gatersleben #ALL 149; SSE 174

Yugoslavian

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Early
Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. 2006 Picture

From Dach Dablinka of British Columbia, via Edward Spaans of Stinking Rose Farm, Grand Rapids, Michigan. SSE 84

Zaharada (aka Zahrada)

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 2.4 oz.  

From Czech Collection of Dr. Boris Andrst, Port Jefferson, New York, via Filaree Farms. SSE 301

Zahorsky

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Early
Average Head Weight: 1.6 oz. 2006 Picture

From Czech Collection of Dr. Boris Andrst, Port Jefferson, New York, via Filaree Farms. SSE 276

Zeda

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. 2006 Picture

From Republic of Georgia via Filaree Farms. SSE 73

Zemo

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 1.3 oz. 2006 Picture

Collected in 1984 from village of Zemo Surebi in the upper Supsa valley at the edge of the Adzaro-Imeretinian mountains, Cochatauri Province, Guriya Region, Republic of Georgia. Gatersleben #K 6307; SSE 88

Zemo Cichisdzhvari (aka Zemo Cichisczhvari)

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Average Head Weight: 2.2 oz. 2006 Picture

From Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson. SSE 81

 
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