Massie

Massie is a new generation, low drymatter swede with an early maturity date similar to Domain but with improved yield potential and disease resistance. Massie has been bred with improved dry rot tolerance and is suitable for all stock classes. While Massie has gone through a clubroot screening process, it is still susceptible to this disease and is not recommended as a second crop swede or to be sown
after any other brassica.

• Early maturity, yellow-fleshed first crop swede
• Excellent dry rot tolerance
• Palatable swede, ideal for all classes of stock
• Very good table swede with an attractive purple skin colour

With its traditional, early maturity Massie is ideally suited to early winter grazing. With a later maturity and higher drymatter percentage Triumph is recommended for grazing later in winter.

As Massie is a highly palatable swede, the practice of grazing the leaf with lambs and hoggets in autumn requires careful monitoring as the chipping of bulbs can occur very early in the grazing. Bulb chipping can lead to diseases infecting the damaged bulb prior to the main grazing period.