Parsnip

Parsnip

Type	Crop
Season	Spring
Seed	Parsnip Seeds
Growth Time	4 days
Sell Price	35g
Energy	25
Health	11

Parsnip is the first crop on every new farm. Mayor Lewis leaves a pack of Parsnip Seeds for the newcomer, and growing one completes the very first quest, "Getting Started". The crop is cheap and ready in a few days, which makes it the classic way to earn a first income. It earns little per day, so most farms move on to better crops once the first gold comes in. Parsnips are required for the Spring Crops Bundle, and Pam loves them as a gift.

The in-game description reads: A spring tuber closely related to the carrot. It has an earthy taste and is full of nutrients.

Growing

Parsnip grows through four one-day stages and gives a single harvest. Replanting Parsnips straight after each harvest fits six harvests into a single Spring. The last few days of Spring are too short for one more cycle.

The farm starts with fifteen Parsnip Seeds from Mayor Lewis. Pierre's General Store sells more in Spring for very little, and JojaMart sells them at a slightly higher price. Mixed Seeds planted in Spring can also become Parsnips, and a Seed Maker turns the crop back into seeds.

Adding Speed-Gro or taking the Agriculturist profession makes each Parsnip cycle shorter still. Deluxe Fertilizer is the only way to grow iridium Parsnips.

Parsnips also grow in the Greenhouse and on Ginger Island in any season.

Prices

Each Parsnip sells for less than twice its seed cost. Over a whole Spring, it earns less per day than every other vegetable Pierre sells. Its value is speed and low cost. A few hundred gold from the first harvests can go straight into Cauliflower, Potatoes or Green Beans.

The Tiller profession adds ten percent to the raw price.

As a vegetable, Parsnip becomes Juice in a Keg or Pickles in a Preserves Jar. For a crop this cheap, Pickles are far better. They sell for more than three times the raw Parsnip, while the juice only doubles it. The Artisan profession adds forty percent to both.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	35g	38g
Silver	43g	47g
Gold	52g	57g
Iridium	70g	77g

Uses

Harvesting a single Parsnip is part of "Getting Started", the first quest Mayor Lewis gives. The free seeds at the start of the game cover it.

The Spring Crops Bundle in the Pantry needs one Parsnip. Five gold-quality Parsnips are one of the options for the Quality Crops Bundle. Their fast cycle gives many chances at gold quality, which makes them one of the easier options for that bundle.

Cooking an Omelet with a Parsnip makes Farmer's Lunch. The recipe unlocks at Farming level 3. It restores a lot of energy and gives a Farming buff.

Cooking a Parsnip with Milk and Vinegar makes Parsnip Soup. Caroline mails the recipe at three hearts of friendship.

Parsnips may appear as a Spring request on the Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store. Completing it pays three times the Parsnip's value and earns friendship with the villager who posted it.

In tailoring, Parsnip in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a dyeable Shirt And Belt. In the Sewing Machine a Parsnip gives a yellow colour, and it fits the yellow dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.

Cooking

Cooking Parsnip with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Farmer's Lunch		Omelet (1), Parsnip (1)
Parsnip Soup		Parsnip (1), Milk (1), Vinegar (1)

Bundles

The Community Center asks for Parsnip in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Spring Crops Bundle	Pantry	1
Quality Crops Bundle	Pantry	5

Gifts

Pam loves Parsnips. They are one of the cheapest loved gifts in the whole game.

Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Elliott, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Harvey, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leah, Leo, Lewis, Linus, Marnie, Maru, Penny, Pierre, Robin, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Willy and the Wizard like them.

Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike them.

Because a liked gift earns the same friendship whatever it costs, Parsnips are a cheap way to make friends across the valley in the first Spring.

These villagers love receiving Parsnip as a gift.

Villager	Image
Pam

Notes

Plant all fifteen starting seeds on the first day. The harvest completes "Getting Started" and pays for the next round of seeds.

Keep a few gold-quality Parsnips in a chest. They cover the Quality Crops Bundle, and Pam's love for them lasts all year.

The Statue of Endless Fortune produces a Parsnip on Pam's birthday in Spring.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g