Cabbage and Cauliflower

By Agrihortico CPL

Cabbage is one of the most popular winter vegetables in the tropics. Cabbage is used for making various vegetable preparations, salads, pickles and vegetable soups. Cabbage is believed to be originated in the coastal southern and western Europe.

Cauliflower plant is grown for its white tender heads called 'curds'; it is grown as a winter vegetable in tropics and subtropics. It is a biennial plant like other Brassica vegetables but grown as an annual for vegetable purposes. It is grown as a biennial crop for seed production purposes. Cauliflower curd is a highly modified flower stalk (stalk of the inflorescence); no part of the flower/inflorescence is apparent in a curd. Cauliflower curds are used as a vegetable in curries and soups. Curds are also used for pickling purposes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Agrihortico
• Release date: Mar 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393962151

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Cabbage and Cauliflower

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Cabbage

Cabbage is one of the most popular winter vegetables in the tropics. Cabbage is used for making various vegetable preparations, salads, pickles and vegetable soups. Cabbage is believed to be originated in the coastal southern and western Europe.

Taxonomy: Cabbage is a biennial crop and it belongs to the Brassicaceae family. Its genus is Brassica and species is oleracea. Thus, scientific name of cabbage is Brassica oleracea var. capitata.

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Figure 1: Cabbage Plant

Varieties: Major varieties of cabbages are common GREEN Cabbages, RED Cabbages, Savoy Cabbages and Conical or Pointed-Type Cabbages.

Nutrition and Food Uses of Common Cabbages: They come in two shapes: these cabbages will be either round-headed or flat-headed. Common cabbages are available in two colours: green and red. Some examples of round-headed or ball-type cabbage varieties are, Golden Acre, Pride of India, Copenhagen Market, and Mammoth Rock Red (red variety of common cabbage). An example of flat-headed (or drum-headed) cabbage is Pusa Drumhead.

Raw, fresh cabbage leaves are a popular ingredient in fresh vegetable salads. Finely chopped fresh cabbages may be used as a major ingredient for making different types of fresh vegetable chutneys.

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