Gilfeather Turnip

Open Pollinated. Heirloom. 85 days.  Gilfeather Turnip may have originated as a chance cross between a turnip and rutabaga, noted for sweet tender white flesh.  Delicious hardy greens may be dug from under snow all winter. Milder and sweeter than either a turnip or rutabaga and not woody even at softball size.  Plant early spring or late summer.  A Vermont heirloom, highly guarded for decades. Mr Gilfeather of Wardsboro, Vt.  either deveopled or found this cross between a turnip and rutabaga in the late 1800’s.  The mysterious Mr. Gilfeather sold his turnips with tops and taproot removed so no one could collect seed of his delicious selection. But some seeds did escape into the hands of William and Mary Lou Schmidt who then propagated and commercialized Gilfeather Turnip.    Planting Directions: For a first crop, plant as early in Spring as ground can be prepared until early summer. For fall and winter crop plant in early August.  Soil temperature 50° to 95° Turnips grow best when