>Hi Neshura
>
>Typhon sounds very much like a vegetable we call kohlrabi. I found
>confusion in botanical names for what appears to be the same plant:
>
I don't think it is kohlrabi, however.
I've grown 'Typhon Holland Greens' (which is sometimes just called
'typhon'). It's a kind of turnip green, which resembles mustard greens or
collards more than anything else. (I can't remember where I bought the
seeds.)
Typhon is a large plant (can be 3 feet tall) with coarse green leaves.
The leaves are what are eaten (or used for livestock feed). It does not
have a bulbous stem like kohlrabi.
It is grown (on a home garden scale) like Chinese cabbage, except it will
grow larger and faster. It makes a LOT of greens per square foot of garden
area; making it a good green to grow for chickens, etc.
The taste is OK (to me): a bit strong, stronger than Chinese cabbage, but
OK when stir-fried. I think it is more often used as livestock feed.
It's very difficult to search for mentions of Typhon on Google: evidently,
this is the name of an ancient Egyptian god. Some ancient God anyway.
Pat
-- Northern Pennsylvania
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