Fresh Cabbage

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var capitata) is a small, leafy biennial producing a compact globular mass of smooth or crincled leaves wrapped over each other known as head. The outer leaves are generally larger than the inner. The stem is short and stout. Plants flower generally after winter. Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is a cruciferous vegetable. It is a leafy green or purple biennial plant, grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. Very firm, small heads are used for canning. All forms of cabbage have succulent leaves that are free of hairs and covered with a waxy coating, which often gives the leaf surface a gray-green or blue-green colour.