(Spinacea oleracea)
Family: CUCURBITACEAE
SEED COUNT
PER GRAMME
GERM.
LASTS YEARS
SOW (KG/HA)
DEPTH OF
SOWING CM
DISTANCE (CM)
SPROUTING
TIME (DAYS)
DIRECT SOWING
TRANSPLANT
ROW-TO-ROW
PLANT-TO-PLANT
90-100
4-5
25-30
-
2
20-30
2-10
10-15
COLOUR
VARIETY
DAYS
FRUIT SHAPE
EXTERNAL.
INTERNAL
RIND
Naples long
110
cylindrical
light to dark green
orange
smooth
Tromboncino d’Albenga
100
long cylindrical bulby end
creamy
yellow tan
smooth
Waltham Butternut
90
cylindrical
creamy
yellow tan
smooth
Wrinkled Butternut
110
cylindrical
creamy
yellow tan
wrinkled/ribbed
NAPLES LONG
TROMBONCINO D’ALBENGA
WALTHAM BUTTERNUT
WRINKLED BUTTERNUT
