It has one very big advantage over most other cabbages suitable for autumn sowing. Cabbage April can withstand the bolting tendency (running to seed with resulting complete loss of crop) which often plagues autumn sown cabbage and it can also be sown very close together 38cm (15in) apart 25cm (10in) between rows. Ideal where space is at a premium
An old Eastern European heirloom producing unique, red pointed hearts. Cabbage Kalibos is best grown for late summer and autumn use when firm, solid hearts have few waste outer leaves. Ideal shredded raw in salads as the colour reduces on cooking.
The first introduction of 'semi round' ballhead spring Cabbage. Cabbage Spring Hero has good frost hardiness and forms solid heads from late April through to May which remain solid over several weeks. Can also be sown in spring for summer maturity.
(Autumn/Winter). Ideal to grow a quality giant cabbage, producing heads up to 65kg (14lbs). Cabbage Brigadier F1 Hybrid is delicious eaten raw, with a high sugar and Vitamin C content, but also excellent when cooked, Stands well in good condition, with Fusarium resistance. Andrew Tokely says: A February or Early March sowing can produce by September hearts that are as big as footballs and have many show bench prizes for me. Although large and firm they are full of flavour when cooked and equally as tasty eaten raw in a salad
An excellent new variety suitable for providing both spring greens or small to medium sized hearted spring cabbage and summer cabbage depending on when you sow it. Cabbage Advantage F1 performs much better than non F1 varieties being more winter hardy and less prone to bursting. From an August sowing will keep well into April.
Cut Tourmaline throughout the winter and into spring thanks to its excellent cold weather tolerance. Replacing the ever-popular but now discontinued Tarvoy, this attractive, deeply savoyed, dark green cabbage produces compact, delicious heads. Plants also show a high resistance to xanthemonas (black rot)
Benefit from the vitamin rich, flavoursome heads of freshly harvested cabbage throughout summer and autumn with this flavoursome and versatile Savoy.
Cabbage 'Tamarindo' is a white Cabbage with thin veins and a particularly fine leaf structure. Thess characteristics makes it perfect for making tasty cabbage rolls and green 'wraps', as the leaves retain their elasticity, without splitting.
Truly 'gardener-friendly', this 'Primo type' cabbage is ideal for summer and autumn harvesting, standing well in all weather conditions without splitting, rotting or bolting. An added bonus is its tolerance to mildew and other foliage diseases, making 'Sir' a great choice for the home gardener. Compact plants produce a flavoursome 1kg dark green, short-cored, dense ball head with few wasted outer leaves. Delicious eaten cooked or raw
Cabbage 'Champion' is a Collard type, popular in Victorian times for their non hearting crops of long, wavy leaves. 'Champion' produces superb yields of tender, dark green leaves with distinctly mild flavour and no aftertaste.