Description: Cabbage is a crucial ingredient in Japanese cuisine, prized for its satisfying crunch and tasty green leaves. ‘Saku Saku’, it so happens, takes its name from the sound of chewing. Exceptionally flattened, round variety flourishing delicate broad leaves bursts with flavorful sugars and welcome hints of tartness. Nutrient-packed cabbage brings fresh flavor and texture to soups, stews and slaws.
Cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield:
Description: This is a cabbage with a pedigree. New Jersey Wakefield is an adaptation of an older English variety, Early Wakefield, and has proven a reliable favorite for US gardens since the 1840s, especially in northern climes. Heirloom cabbage variety quickly produces large, dense, elongated 7" heads, with a distinctly sweet flavor that is ideal for eating raw in salads and slaws, cooking or pickling. Weighing 2-3 lb., the heads have a small core and good protective wrapper leaves.
Description: Brunswick is a seldom-encountered German heirloom cabbage that dates back to the 18th Century. An excellent late-season variety, the large, 6-9 lb. drum-shaped heads are dense and firm. A favorite choice for homemade sauerkraut. Stores well for long periods.
Description: True to its name, ‘Earliana’ arrives early: ready to harvest in just 60 days. Weighing in at 2 lbs. plus, beautiful deep-green cabbage yields plenty of small, round 4½–5" heads with superb flavor. Withstands light frost.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choi, Toy Choi Hybrid:
Description: Super quick to harvest and easy to prepare, these tiny bunches of crisp white stalks with tender green leaves are only 4-5" tall. Perfect for a single serving side dish-quickly sauteed or roasted. Also great for "stir-fry for two".
Cabbage, Napa, Barrel Head Hybrid:
Description: Almost twice the size of regular Napa cabbage! An astonishment of color, extra-large 4½ lb. cylindrical heads are jam-packed with crispy, white-ribbed, pale-green outer leaves and yellow inner leaves; one huge barrel of subtle, refreshing cabbage flavor. ‘Barrel Head’ is bolt-tolerant and resistant to downy mildew and club root.
Description: Salad Delight is a delicious, early maturing red cabbage with a 3 lb. head. An outstanding slicing cabbage with well-marbled firm, glossy crimson leaves and pure white ribs. GARDEN HINTS: For earlier harvest, sow seeds indoors in a sunny spot or under plant lights 6 to 8 weeks before outdoor planting date- this works for both the spring and fall! If purchasing plants in the fall, plant upon arrival and harvest before heavy frost hits. Avoid planting in garden area where cabbage family was grown the year before. Withstands light frost.
Chinese Cabbage, Pak Choi, Joi Choi Hybrid:
Description: Also known as bok choy or Chinese white cabbage, Pak choi is grown for its stalks, which are used in Asian cooking. It is also delicious raw. Each plant bears 10-14 erect stalks, 8-10" long. Grows best in cool weather and can be grown as a spring or fall crop.
Cabbage, Napa, Red Dragon Hybrid:
Description: ‘Red Dragon’’ is one beautiful cabbage. Bicolor Napa variety yields lovely clusters of subtly flavorful leaves: dark, deep-purple on the inside, radiant green on the outside. Napa cabbage is the indispensable ingredient in Chinese and Korean cuisines. Crisp, flavorful oval leaves are used in preparing kimchi, the spicy, earthy mixture of fermented vegetables that is the Korea’s national dish. Leaves impart nuanced, sweet flavor to stir fries, stews and soups; fresh leaves make for picturesque cole slaw, and a colorful accent to salads. Napa cabbage grows year-round.
Cabbage, Charleston Wakefield:
Description: In the 19th century, cabbage was a delicious fixture on American dinner tables. Introduced in 1892, this longtime heirloom cabbage favorite has lost none of its flavor. The large, 6-8" elongated heads tip the scales at 4-6 lb., and store extremely well.
Description: A culinary star in China for 1,500 years, luscious mini-cabbage infuses sautéed dishes and stir-fries with mildly sweet, peppery taste and crisp texture. Enjoy white-stemmed, deep-dark raw baby leaves in salads. Lightly steam, sauté or stir-fry more mature leaves, allowing stems to keep their appealing crunch. Cooked cabbage leaves impart awesome spiciness. A go-to choice for personally portioned dishes. Best grown in fall.
Description: Loose rosettes of green leaves with pale stems, used like Chinese cabbage. Short and squat, to only 6" long, Baby Choi has crunchy stems and crinkly broad leaves. Quick and easy to grow in cool weather. Great stir-fried, steamed and sauteed. Certified Organic Seed.
