- 500 De Cicco Broccoli Seeds - Gold Vault Jumbo Bulk Seed Packet

De Cicco is an old reliable open pollinated European Broccoli variety that produces high yields of high-quality broccoli heads that are good fresh or frozen. Compact plants grow quickly and will produce a bluish-green main head, and many medium-sized side shoots later on. Maturity occurs from 50 days through 90 days. The Italian heirloom broccoli De Cicco first became available to gardeners in 1890. However, the plant from which modern broccoli is derived first grew in the wild in the Mediterranean region and in Asia Minor. Broccoli gradually spread to the rest of Europe and to the New World, where Thomas Jefferson included this strange new vegetable in his experimental garden. The Italians appreciated it so much that it got the name "Italian asparagus." After World War I, Italian brothers Stefano and Andrea D'Arrigo brought their Sicilian variety of broccoli and began growing it in San Jose, Calfornia; they later shipped it to Boston's North End, where it established a quickly expanding market.

• Open Pollinated Heirloom
• Resealable Mylar Packaging
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