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Time planting so that heads form either before or after hot summer weather, using reemay or cold frames and quick-growing varieties for spring crops. For fall and winter harvest, the slower-growing varieties are hardiest and hold longest without splitting. Cabbage likes cool, moist weather but heavy mulch can help. For best flavor and solid head, insure plenty of food, lime, water, and space--don’t let the plants overlap. It’s better to grow a short, shade-tolerant crop like radish, lettuce, arugula, or chervil in between and harvest the intercrop as the cabbages expand. NOTE: Days are from transplant; add 14 days from seed.
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| Cabbage, All Seasons |
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
If you are looking for an easy to grow cabbage for year-round harvesting, you should try All Seasons. This plant produces very flavorful heads of cabbage. One of the earliest and best cabbages around. Suitable for spring, summer, and fall crops. Very reliable!
Sureheading, one of the most heat tolerant, as well as being frost resistant, and resistant to yellows. This variety has competed well since before 1890.
Heads 8" deep , 10" in diameter. 85 seeds.
Photo: Lady Tats Lace and Life blog - ladytats.blogspot.com |
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| VCA-2732
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| Cabbage, Copenhagen Market |
| An early or main season variety. 63-100 days from transplant. A Danish heirloom introduced by H. Hartman & Company in 1909, and the standard of excellence since then. Solid heads reach 6-8” in diameter, weigh 3-4 pounds, and resist splitting. Medium-sized plants are ideal for small gardens. Makes delicious coleslaw, salad or sauerkraut. Does well in a range of climates and stores well also. 85 seeds. C $2.00 |
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| Cabbage, January King, Savoy |
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
(<1885) Famous winter cabbage and one of the hardiest. Solid, flat light green heads weigh 3-5 lbs. Heart is more tender than most other cabbages and has a milder flavor that many prefer. Thin blistered leaves with purple flush. Frost improves flavor. Fine for shaded gardens anytime. 85 seeds. |
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| Matsushima Chinese Cabbage |
Description: An easy-to-grow barrel-head type for late summer and fall planting. Mild flavor, crunchy texture, like an "iceberg" cabbage. Not a good spring crop--likes decreasing temperatures and day lengths, and tends to bolt if temp or light increases. Delicious fall salad green, very juicy, as well as for soups, steaming, stir-fry, and making kim-chee. |
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| VCA-2760
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| Cabbage, Red Drumhead |
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Fine, sweet flavor-probably the best of all red cabbages. Very early. Round to slightly-flattish deep-purple heads, 7” in diameter. Very hardy, plant in early spring for autumn harvest, or can be an excellent winter keeper. Widely adapted. Good in salads, as pickles. 85 seeds. |
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| VCA-2765
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| Cabbage, Tronchuda |
Brassica oleracea
This heirloom from Portugal is perfect for the home gardener who wants something in the fall garden to cut over and over as needed rather than having to use up a whole cabbage at once. Like Collards and Dinosaur Kale but with juicy crunchiness to the midribs and leaves like a cabbage. 50 seeds. |
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| VCA-2810
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| Cabbage, Vertus, Savoy |
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Savoy cabbages are the most cold-hardy of all, and many consider their very thin, ruffled and blistered leaves to be more delicate in flavor than ordinary cabbage. Large, medium green heads average 4-6 lbs, and are perfect for stuffing, braising and soups as well as winter salad and slaw. Takes lots of frost and snow; not as tolerant of extreme wet as the three above varieties. |
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