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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 |
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Waddel Iowa (aka Iowa)
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.2 oz |
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Grown in Iowa for 25 years by Dean Waddell, via Filaree Farms. SSE 271
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Waddell
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.0 oz. |
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From John Swenson in 1999, likely the same as Waddel Iowa; SSE 340 |
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Walla Walla Early Italian Purple (aka Walla Walla Early)
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 2.0 oz. |
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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 |
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Webber Creek (aka Webber Greek)
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.6 oz. |
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From Al Webber of Ellensburg, Washington via Filaree Farm; SSE 297 |
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Wedam
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Very Late |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From Filaree Farm. SSE 120 |
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Western Rose
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.2 oz. |
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From Territorial Seeds; SSE 352 |
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White Seedless
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 3.1 oz. |
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From David Ronniger in 1988. SSE 80 |
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Wild Buff
| Variety: Porcelain |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.1 oz. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wonha
| Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe? |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.7 oz. |
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Collected 1985 from the village of Wonha, approximately 30 km N of Pyongyang, North Korea. Gatersleben #K 6801; SSE 185 |
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Xi'an (aka Xian (275), Chinatown Xian)
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Zaharada (aka Zahrada)
| Variety: Porcelain |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.4 oz. |
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From Czech Collection of Dr. Boris Andrst, Port Jefferson, New York, via Filaree Farms. SSE 301 |
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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 |
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Zeda
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From Republic of Georgia via Filaree Farms. SSE 73 |
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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 |
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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 |