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New Heirloom Offerings for Your Garden

‘Cima di Rapa’ Broccoli Raab

lso known as “rapini,” and unrelated to broccoli, broccoli raab is actually a flower shoot. Since it benefits from a touch of frost, broccoli raab thrives when sown in fall, three weeks before the first expected frost, when it’ll be especially productive and sweet. The shoots will re-sprout after multiple harvests. Broccoli raab is a great

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