Growing Zones 3 to 9
Page Number 34
Planting Season Spring
Fertilizer Type 6-6-6
Light Requirements Full Sun
Fragrant n
Edible Parts Root
Foliage Color Green
Fruit Color Purple top w/yellow flesh
Germination 7 to 20
Maturity 95
Spacing 6 in to 8 in
Hybrid / Open Pollinated: Open Pollinated
Genus Brassica
Species napus
Subspecies var.napobrassica American Purple Top
Common Name Rutabaga, American Purple Top 

Rutabaga, American Purple Top 

#S03405
  • 1000 seeds
  • $3.35
  • 1 ounce
  • $4.95
The finest of all golden purple-top rutabagas – the hardiest, heaviest, best shaped and most productive. Usually harvested in late summer or fall and stored for the winter. Roots are 4 to 5 in. in diameter, with a reddish-purple top and yellow, high quality flesh. Excellent mashed or baked. Also a nutritious stock food. 95 days.


Growing Zone: 3 to 9

Light Requirements: Full Sun

Own Root

State Restrictions

HI

Growing Zones 3 to 9
Page Number 34
Planting Season Spring
Fertilizer Type 6-6-6
Light Requirements Full Sun
Fragrant n
Edible Parts Root
Foliage Color Green
Fruit Color Purple top w/yellow flesh
Germination 7 to 20
Maturity 95
Spacing 6 in to 8 in
Hybrid / Open Pollinated: Open Pollinated
Genus Brassica
Species napus
Subspecies var.napobrassica American Purple Top
Common Name Rutabaga, American Purple Top