New Version of Broccoli Destined for Elite Status

Wednesday, 10 July 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Broccoli lovers know there’s nothing like a bunch straight from the field. That idea was the driving force behind a Cornell scientist’s mission to create a new version of broccoli that can thrive in hot growing weather.  Traditionally, the vegetable thrives in cooler temperatures, which is why most of the stuff you see in the grocery store comes from fog-covered fields in California. The new version, however, is perfect for the “hot, steamy summers” of New York, South Carolina or Iowa. It’s also cheap to grow and is “crisp, subtly sweet and utterly tender when eaten fresh-picked,” a development that could lift “pedestrian broccoli into the ranks of the vegetable elite.”

SOURCE: New York Times