Illustrated List: C

Cabbage (Jersey) : Walking Stick

(Jersey Cabbage) This famous Channel Islands heirloom kale makes a tall, straight stem, 2m (6ft) tall topped with a rosette of edible leaves. When the stems of Kale Walking Stick mature in the autumn, they can be cut, carved and varnished to make attractive walking sticks. Plants left in a second year may run to seed or increase in height to over 3m (9½ft).

Cabbage : All Seasons Collection

Collection comprises one pack each of Cabbage Surprise (summer/autumn), Cabbage Autumn Queen F1, Cabbage Tundra F1 (winter) and Cabbage Tarvoy F1 (winter/spring).

Surprise F1

A summer cabbage producing round, shiny mid-green heads of the sweetest flavour. Ideal shredded raw in salads, coleslaw or as a cooked vegetable. Stands a very long time before splitting.

Autumn Queen F1

The solid, tender, sweet heads are wonderful when eaten raw in salads, coleslaw, cooked or added to a stirfry. The outer leaves change to an attractive dark green colour in autumn. This versatile cabbage is ideal in both the Summer and Autumn.

Tundra F1

Solid, sweet, crisp heads, ideal for winter salads. High yielding and very hardy and can be picked right through winter. Considered in trials to be the outstanding variety of the decade.

Tarvoy F1

Significant advantage to the home gardener. Once mature, remains in harvest condition for several months. Just two sowings of Tarvoy will provide Savoys for 3 seasons of the year.

Cabbage : Autumn : Autumn Queen F1

The solid, tender, sweet heads are wonderful when eaten raw in salads, coleslaw, cooked or added to a stirfry. Cabbage Autumn Queen has outer leaves that change to an attractive dark green colour in autumn. This versatile cabbage is ideal in both the Summer and Autumn.

Cabbage : Autumn : Minicole F1

Have you noticed how difficult it is to buy a SMALL cabbage, or how garden-grown cabbages get wasted because they are ready and you are not? Cabbage Minicole not only overcomes both these problems (it stands ready for cutting for four months) but it can be grown very close together, is used commercially for coleslaw, and is delicious fresh.

Cabbage : Brigadier F1 Hybrid

(Autumn/Winter). Ideal to grow a quality giant cabbage, producing heads up to 6.5kg (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.

Cabbage : Caramba F1 (Sweetheart Type)

Sweetheart cabbages are becoming increasingly popular in supermarkets during late summer through to winter. Now you can grow your own! Cabbage Caramba has tender, sweet pointed mid-green hearts, ideal shredded raw in salads and coleslaws or delicious as a steamed vegetable.

Cabbage : Chinese Cabbage Tri-coloured Mix F1 Hybrid

Can be grown as a 'baby leaf, or left to mature with thick, succulent stems of white and pale green, plus the unique purple leaf with bright green stems. Pak Choi Tri-coloured Mix produces quick maturing Oriental Pak Choy vegetables rich in Vitamins A and C, folate, calcium and iron with the added antioxidant benefit of red anthocyanadins in the purple leaf variety.

Cabbage : Derby Day - Duchy Originals

Early ballhead summer cabbage, Cabbage Derby Day has good resistance against bolting.

Cabbage : Elisa F1

(Summer)

Cabbage Elisa is a deliciously sweet tasting summer ball-head Cabbage of exceptional quality, producing compact, round, shiny heads which have good standing and are not prone to splitting. Plants also have good resistance to bolting. Ideal sliced raw in salads and stir-fries as well as a steamed vegetable. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.

Cabbage : Flowering Northern Lights Mixed F1

Large ornamental plants with frilled edges and heart lifting colours for months. Cabbage Flowering Northern Lights Mixed is superb in containers. Recommended for charm and impact.

Leaves colour when night temperatures fall to 50F/10C.

Cabbage : Kalibos

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.

Cabbage : Kilaton F1 Hybrid

Clubroot Resistant!

Cabbage Kilaton has a high level of Clubroot resistance producing quality, 2kg, autumn ballheads with a solid, dense structure. Superb used for coleslaw, salads or steamed.

Cabbage Kilaton F1 Hybrid will stand for a long while in the garden and keep in good condition. It also stores exceptionally well over a long period without deterioration allowing gardeners more time to enjoy its delicious flavour.

It has taken over 18 years of conventional breeding to develop a variety that can combat the devastating brassica disease Clubroot and this superb variety is the most resistant we have ever grown on our trials.

Cabbage : Primo

A well known variety, Cabbage Primo produces solid 'ball head' cabbage from June to August. Easy and productive.

Cabbage : Pyramid F1 Hybrid

(Spring/Summer/Autumn)

A British bred pointed cabbage with very good colour, ideal for use as 'greens' and 'hearted greens' for sowing and harvesting all year round. Cabbage Pyramid F1 Hybrid - seeds in the RHS Vegetable Collection - stands very well, staying in good condition without bolting.

Cabbage : Redcap F1 Hybrid

Superb, deep-red, solid, mini round cabbage heads on compact plants with no wasted outer leaves. Cabbage Redcap F1 Hybrid stands well with good quality heads.

Cabbage : Ruby Ball F1

An early maturing, vigorous and uniform Red Cabbage with deep red, solid and compact heads. The remarkably sweet flavour and high quality makes Cabbage Ruby Ball ideal for cooking as well as pickling. For late summer/autumn cropping.