Red Arrow Purple Sprouting Broccoli (OP)

Red Arrow is an open-pollinated variety from England, where PSB originates. This variety was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. We got our seed from OSU plant breeder Jim Myers, but it is available for purchase from Adaptive Seeds and Deep Harvest Farm. Photos from Adaptive Seeds - we will update with ours soon!

• reliable and hearty plants

• brilliant purple florets on variably colored, thin, tender stems

When to Find: (Late Feb.) March-April

Chef Wastell’s Tasting Notes:

Raw: “thin and deliciously sweet stems with pleasant flavor”

Roasted: “snappy texture, complex flavor, slightly spicy, faintly sweet”

Blanched: “fully sweet with round, full flavor”