Parsnips have a relatively high starch content and are similar in appearance to carrots. The difference is that the folic acid content is about 5 to 8 times that of carrots. Parsnips are a very healthy organic food.
1-1.6 m tall, usually smooth and glabrous. Roots thick, conical, brownish yellow, up to 30 cm long, apex about 10 cm in diameter. Stem solitary, round, coarsely longitudinally striated, slightly angular; Leaf blade outline oblong or ovate, 20-30 cm long. Inflorescences terminal and lateral, peduncle thick, 5-12 cm long; Involucral bracts usually absent. Meristem ovoid to obovate, 5-6 mm long and 4-6 mm wide.
We have a lot of customers from Europe who are growing this root crop on a large scale, parsley, potatoes, carrots and so on.
In order to reduce their expenditure on agricultural machinery, new adjustable classifier/grader/sorter/sizer from FstSort can be used in one machine and achieve maximum output with minimum footprint.
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