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Languedoc-Roussillon
Round, smooth and fleshy ribs of a vibrant green: Céleri d'Elne is one of those garden vegetables that the Pyrénées-Orientales ranks among its classics.
Vegetable from Languedoc-Roussillon.
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Céleri d'Elne takes its name from Elne, a commune in the plaine du Roussillon, in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The official departmental tourism website lists it, along with the navet de Cerdagne, among the 'great classics of local market gardening', alongside products under PGI or PDO such as artichaut du Roussillon or Béa du Roussillon.
The seed companies that market it describe it as a classic variety, popular in the Midi. None of the sources consulted dates its appearance or names its breeder.
Appearance
Vigorous, upright, bright green foliage; round or broad ribs, very fleshy and perfectly smooth.
Texture
Thick, very fleshy ribs that blanch easily when earthed up.
in June–July for one commercial seed producer, from February to April under cover for another.
from September, two weeks before harvest, the ribs are blanched by tying the leaves and earthing up.
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The harvest of Céleri d'Elne is staggered: the plants are gathered as and when needed rather than all at once.
Céleri d'Elne bears no official quality mark (PDO (AOP), PGI (IGP), Label Rouge). The Pyrénées-Orientales tourist office ranks it among the 'great classics of local market gardening', alongside products under PGI or PDO that it distinguishes separately, such as artichaut du Roussillon or Béa du Roussillon.
No producer is listed for this product yet.