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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

cabbage leafy garden vegetable of many widely dissimilar varieties, all probably descended from the wild, or sea, cabbage ( Brassica oleracea ) of the family Cruciferae ( mustard family), found on the coasts of Europe. It is used for food for man and stock, mostly in Europe and North America. Well-known varieties of the species include the cabbages, broccoli , Brussels sprouts , cauliflower , collards, kale , and kohlrabi . All grow best in cool, moist climates. They are attacked mostly by insect pests. The true cabbages (var. capitata ) include the white and red types and the Savoy... Read more

cabbage white
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia or cabbage butterfly European cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae ). Its larva is a major economic pest, attacking cabbage and related plants. Introduced into North America 1860, the cabbage white is today one of the most common North American white... Read more

cabbage, Chinese
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition cabbage, Chinese Name given to two oriental vegetables: Brassica pekinensis (pe‐tsai, Pekin cabbage, snow cabbage), pale green compact head resembling lettuce, and B. chinensis (pak choi, Chinese greens, Chinese chard), loose... Read more

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	There are ways to patch up cabbage Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 4/11/2001; ; 504 words ; Cabbage stinks. It's soft and squishy and too many of us have had...grand fare, the fragrance fresh the texture tender. And cabbage has much to commend it. First, it is versatile, equally...sauce or a thick, nourishing soup such as borscht. Second, cabbage is inexpensive and always available. That it isn't ... Read more
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