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This Northern Irish heritage variety is a superb, purple-topped globe swede, with an excellent sweet flavour. It\u2019s great raw and stores well \u2013 if you don\u2019t eat them all straight away of course! Probably the same cultivar as Major Dunne, based on observation trials.<\/p>\n

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