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Stumpy shaped parsnips

 
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Are there any stumpy shaped parsnips about.
I have heard there is a variety in Eastern Europe somewhere, but cannot find it.
The reason being to grow them in shallower garden beds.
 
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I dug out my mother's parsnips a couple of weeks ago. I dug a trench along the row, a full spade depth. It was dry; I put my whole weight on the shovel and stomped. Then I dug another trench in the trench, teasing out the long parsnip noses.

I can see why a short-and-stout variant might be nice, but the largest portion of parsnip awesomness is in the top spade-depth anyway. I don't think it matters if you choose to abandon the deeper bits; the rest of the root is just breaking up deep soil and adding veggie matter.
 
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In my search I came across this site which  deals with vegetable varieties;
vege varieties

And Kral Russian is a beat shaped parsnip, seeds are hard to get in Australia..
 
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Hmm, now you have my attention. A beet shaped parsnip would be much easier on my back.
 
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