January King Cabbage

Cabbage 'January King' is known as chou de Milan de Pontoise in France.[1]

January King Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. sabauda[2] 'January King') is a cultivar[3] with intermediate morphology between Savoy cabbage and white cabbage.[4]

January King Cabbage is a winter vegetable which was cultivated in England since 1867.[5] It has blue green leaves blushed with purple, and its small heads weigh 3–5 pounds (1.4–2.3 kg).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Plant Inventory No. 167, United States of agriculture, 1966, 261769. Col. No. D-134, p. 292
  2. ↑ Catalogue commun des variétés des espèces de légumes, Journal officiel des Communautés européennes, 31.12.80, N°C 343/66, p. 66
  3. ↑ FAO, Expert Consultation on Nutrition Indicators for Biodiversity - 2. Food consumption, Rome 2010, p. 5-6-7[13-14-15]
  4. ↑ W.A. Brandenburg, C.D. Brickell, F. Schneider, Crop identifications of some brassica oleracea cultivars (J. Higgins, T.H. Sparks, J.L. Evans, J.R. Law), in International Symposium on Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants, 1986
  5. ↑ Caroline Foley, How to Plant Your Allotment, New Holland Publishers, 2007, p.116
  6. ↑ "Description of January King Cabbage at Heritage Harvest Seeds". Heritageharvestseed.com. Retrieved 2012-05-07.