Delicious. No garden is complete without Parsnips. ll American has a sweet, tender, white and fine grained flesh that makes this a popular parsnip. The thick white roots are uniform, with smooth shoulders. All American reaches 2-3" across and about 12" long. Very nice sugar content making it so tasty mashed like potatoes. Just add a little butter. 95-105 days. Versatile and nutritious parsnips are being added to the menus of many gourmet restaurants. You’ll love the tender carrot-like roots for their sweet and distinctive flavor that’s delicious in soups and stews, mashed, stir-fried or roasted. The trick to growing the sweetest parsnips? Wait to harvest the roots until after the first frost. Cold temperatures change the starch into sugar making them sweet and flavorful. Seeds can be sown directly into garden when soil is warm or started in containers and transplanted when several inches tall. Zones 3-10.