Although this plant was listed in garden guides as being winter hardy only in zone 9, I tried it in my zone 8 garden as a winter crop with great success. It grew slowly when the weather was cold, but never showed damage from frost, and was tender and mild when harvested.

My husband had never eaten kohlrabi and doesn't like a lot of unusual veggies, but even he was impressed with this kohlrabi when I sautéed it with herbs and a tiny bit of butter.

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This 19th century variety is smaller and about a week earlier than Purple Vienna. Not quite as vigorous as Purple.

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