Asparagus

Smooth leaved kale. Short, low-growing plants with bluish-green leaves and light green to white petioles. Very good, sweet flavor. Leaves are prostrate. Striking contrast between blue-green leaves and whitish veins. Moderate leaf blistering. Spatulate leaves with undulate and slightly dentate margins. High bloom. Non-pubescent. Very uniform, healthy plants when grown in 2015 at Heritage Farm. Plants reached about 1' tall and 2-2.5' wide. Leaves 1-1.5' long by 5-8" wide. Does not match description of historic commercial variety by the same name. Donated to SSE by Jeremy Cherfas (ENGL CH J) who described this as a very old variety originally acquired from Lawrence Hills Inc. in 1963. SSE Accession # 111146