Timperley Early
Timperley Early is a variety of common rhubarb .
The frost-resistant variety sprouts early - hence the name - and is suitable for forcing, as used in West Yorkshire for Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb . This means that if the plants are grown in a greenhouse for winter, Timperley Early can be harvested as early as the end of December; with cover outdoors, the harvest can start as early as February. Timperley Early can also be grown naturally. At the same time, it is a particularly tender variety that does not become lignified or hard and can therefore still be harvested at the end of the harvest season. The variety is therefore commercially versatile. Different descriptions contradict one another with regard to the yield - Timperley Early is characterized as both heavy cropper and not very high yielding ( yield not huge ).
Timperley Early was discovered as a chance seedling in the 1920s and initially only cultivated by the discoverer, T. Baldwin from Timperley near Manchester. It was not until 1947 that farmers in the rhubarb growing area in Yorkshire were able to purchase rhizomes . The variety quickly developed into the main cultivar for early forcing and is still grown commercially today. In 2003, the rhubarb variety received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society .
Timperley Early is characterized by long, slender petioles . The stems are bright red in color, which is particularly pronounced when forcing under the exclusion of light. In the case of mature stems grown outdoors, the red color changes increasingly to a light green with red speckles. The inside of the stems is green. However, Timperley Early loses its color when cooked. The taste is described as delicate
literature
- Christopher Stocks: Forgotten Fruits. The stories behind Britain's traditional fruit and vegetables. Windmill, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-09-951474-9 , p. 198 with further references.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2014
- ↑ a b http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=544 accessed on April 2, 2014
- ↑ a b c Christopher Stocks: Forgotten Fruits. The stories behind Britain's traditional fruit and vegetables. Windmill, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-09-951474-9 , p. 198 with further references.
- ↑ Application for registration Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb (according to Art. 6 Paragraph 2 of Regulation (EC) No. 510/2006), in: Official Journal of the European Union of 12 August 2009, 2009 / C 189/11 (PDF)
