Palace F1An outstanding high yield of marketable crop. The roots are highly uniform smooth-skinned ideal for pre-pack, but can produce larger roots while still maintaining shape. The crown is shallow and it has intermediate resistance to canker

Panache F1A uniform maincrop variety with a shallow crown. It produces good quality roots, which are suitable for supermarket pre-pack

Polar F1This is a relatively quick maturing variety, with a wedge bayonet shape, and which has good early vigour. It has long slender roots with very little shoulder, and can be used for early sowings. The variety has high resistance to canker

Picador F1NEW One of our newest varieties with a high resistance to canker. Excellent weight distribution giving high yields of uniform roots with shallow crowns. Very vigorous growth

Pinnacle F1NEW The second of our new varieties with very vigorous growth. Slender wedge shaped roots with good uniformity and white colour. Specifically selected against canker

ArrowA quality pre-pack parsnip with uniform roots. It has intermediate resistance to canker, particularly suited to high-density production, with a wedge bayonet shape

New White SkinA quality pre-pack parsnip, which has very smooth skin. Uniform with a long shelf life

Seed Treatments

Seed Priming
Parsnip seed is usually slow to germinate, under laboratory conditions the statutory test is 28 days. Priming, which synchronises and advances germination can, under good conditions, reduce field emergence to 7-10 days. Primed parsnip seed therefore gives a uniform and faster crop establishment.

Elguard filmcoating
This provides a dust-free coloured seed, which allows for easier flow through the seeder. Wakil XL fungicide is included, according to the SOLA, for the control of the Damping-off diseases.

Topkote
A micro pellet produced at Elsoms, which fills in rough seed shape and adds weight to the very light parsnip seed. (Coloured gold or bright blue if it contains insecticide). Force ST insecticide can be applied either as a filmcoat or over pellets according to the SOLA for the control of soil pests.