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Machasi (aka Machashi)

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.2 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Collected in 1982 from village of Machasi, SE of Cageri, Cageri Province, Lecchumi Region, Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson.  Gatersleben #K 5873; SSE 179

Magraani

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.9 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Republic of Georgia via John Swenson. SSE 72

Mahogany

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 0.5 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Moldova via John Swenson. USDA PI 493097; SSE 9

Marble Horn

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.1 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

This is supposed to be a Mottled Purple Stripe from Moldova via John Swenson. USDA PI 493096; SSE 10

Marino

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.4 oz. 2007 Picture

Grace Reynolds of Hillside Organic Farm, Troy, New York received this from a Mr. Marino; SSE 343

Mathews (aka Matthews)

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.0 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Family heirloom from maritime western Washington State. SSE 130

Mchadidzhvari

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.7 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Republic of Georgia via John Swenson. SSE 6

Mchadidzhvari #1 (aka Purple Glazer)

Variety: Glazed Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 2.0 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Collected in 1986 from the village of Mcadidzvari, 10 km SW of Duseti, Duseti Province, Mtiuleti Province, Republic of Georgia. Gatersleben #K 7092; SSE 148

Metechi

Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Late
Maximum Head Weight: 2.2 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Republic of Georgia. Although reported to be Gatersleben #K 7081, no accession matching this number occurs in the Gatersleben accessions database. SSE 89

Mexican Purple

Variety: Turban Harvest Date: Very Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.7 oz.

Obtained by Steve Morrison of Riverside, California at a local Hispanic market. SSE 281

Mexican Red Porcelain

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.4 oz.

Perhaps the same as USDA PI 515975 from David Piedmont of Holly, New York; via Avram Drucker.

Mexican Red Silverskin (aka Mexican Red Silver)

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.2 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From John Swenson. This variety is neither the Mexican Red of the 1999 SSE yearbook nor the Mexican Red (139) of the 2001 SSE Yearbook, as none of these are silverskin varieties. SSE 139

Mild French

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.6 oz 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From the now defunct Porter and Sons Seed Company of Stephenville Texas. SSE 108

Mom's Oklahoma Rocambole

Variety: Rocambole Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.2 oz 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Grown by Darrell Merrell's mother for 25-30 years in Tulsa, Oklahoma area. SSE 247

Monshanskij (aka Monsanskij)

Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 1.3 oz 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From North Moravia, Czech Republic. Gaterslaben #ALL 131; USDA PI 540334; SSE 183

Montana Roja

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.1 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Chester Aaron. SSE 248

Morado de Pedronera (aka Spanish Morado)

Variety: Creole Harvest Date: Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.8 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From Andalucia, Spain via USDA-Pullman. USDA W6-8415; SSE 249

Moroccan Creole

Variety: Creole Harvest Date: Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.9 oz.  

Collected in 2009 by Jesse Daves and Sarah Montgomery of Amyo Farms from an open market in Essaurira, Morocco.

Mother of Pearl

Variety: Silverskin Harvest Date: Very Late
Maximum Head Weight: 1.5 oz. 2007 Picture

From Seeds of Change; SSE 321

Mucdi

Variety: Artichoke Harvest Date: Middle
Maximum Head Weight: 2.3 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Collected in 1982 from village of Mucdi, NE of Lentechi on the edge of the Svanetskij chrebet, Lentechi Province, Svanetia region, Republic of Georgia. Gatersleben #K 5876; SSE 79

Munhung (aka Mun Hung)

Variety: Asiatic Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 1.4 oz 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

From the village of Munhung, ca. 30 km NE of Pyonyang, North Korea. Gatersleben #K 6802; SSE 177

Music

Variety: Porcelain Harvest Date: Early
Maximum Head Weight: 2.2 oz. 2006 Picture 2007 Picture

Named after Canadian grower Al Music, who reputedly brought this variety from Italy in the 1980s, via Ronald Bennett of Victor, New York. SSE 250

 
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