Accawmacke Broccoli (Turnip Greens/Broccoli Raab)

Brassica rapa Origin: Accomack, Virginia Improvement status: Landrace Seeds per packet: ~100 Germination tested 11/2024: 99% Life cycle: Biennial EFN EXCLUSIVE. Just when we think we've seen it all, we stumble on a new surprise! Those of you who have been following EFN since the beginning know that one of our favorite crops — indeed, one of our calling cards at this point — is 'Deitrich's Wild Broccoli Raab.' Named for our long-term farm hosts in Elmer, New Jersey, 'D.W.B.R' is a partially re-domesticated feral turnip population that thrives in the hayfields, hedgerows, and garden beds at the Deitrichs' farm. We love it because it's exceedingly cold hardy, edible as turnip greens its first year, and the earliest substantial crop every spring (or late winter) when it begins sending up the tender and tasty flower spikes for which it's named. We knew that we weren't the only people eating the feral turnips that grow as weeds across our area, but we thought we were probably the only ones t