Golden Ball Turnip, Heirloom Seeds

Golden Ball Turnip, Heirloom Seeds — The 1859 Heirloom Some Call the Best-Tasting Turnip of All

Golden Ball (Brassica rapa) was first introduced in 1859 and has been popular ever since — a beautifully round, golden-yellow turnip with peppery-sweet flavor that many consider the finest-tasting turnip available. Perfectly shaped 3–4-inch amber globes with smooth skin, delicate-grained meaty flesh that is never woody, and a sweet, mellow, smooth flavor that improves with frost. Stores wonderfully. The greens are tasty too. 70 days.

Why Grow Golden Ball?

• Introduced 1859 — over 165 years of proven garden performance
• Some call it the best-tasting turnip — peppery-sweet, mellow, and smooth
• Perfectly shaped 3–4-inch amber globes — beautiful and distinctive
• Never woody — delicate-grained meaty flesh
• Excellent keeper — stores wonderfully
• Open-pollinated heirloom — save seed year after year

Growing Notes

Direct sow outdoors 4–6 weeks before last frost in spring, or in late summer for fall harvest. Sow seeds ¼ inch deep, 1 inch apart, in rows 12 inches apart. Thin to 4–6 inches for root production. Full sun to part shade. Keep soil consistently moist. Harvest at 70 days when roots reach 3–4 inches.

Packed and shipped by Box Garden Seeds LLC — heirloom seeds grown without GMOs, selected for flavor, resilience, and your garden’s success.