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Golden Acre
- Suggested by a couple of customers
who presumably wanted an early
open-pollinated cabbage that’s not a
pointy-headed intellectual from
Jersey. Billed as new, “the earliest
of the round-headed cabbages” in the
1928 Jerome B. Rice catalog, a
selection of the Copenhagen Market
type. Heads average 3–5 lb. Short
stems with sparse wrapper leaves and
medium-sized core keep it compact.
The standard variety in 6-pack plant
sales, highly regarded by home
gardeners for its excellent flavor,
and particularly esteemed for its
sweet tender hearts. Grey-green head
with white interior.
Early Jersey Wakefield
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This wonderful early cabbage
originated in England in the early
1800s, was first grown in America in
1840, perfected by a German truck
gardener in northern New Jersey and
released by Peter Henderson in 1868.
Henderson in 1902 asserted that “it
was more largely grown than all
other first early cabbages combined”
and called it an “old reliable
always to be depended upon for its
uniformity in earliness and crop.”
Anne Elder has found it to be a
fantastic fall cabbage as well.
Wakefield’s compact medium 2–3 lb.
heads are distinctively pointy. The
pyramidal shape with sparse outside
foliage permits close spacing.
Tender flavorful waxy-looking
Wakefield has stood the test of the
ages and is still prized by home and
market gardeners.
Super Red 80
- Super Red 80 ripens well before
Ruby Perfection, with smooth tight
round medium-dark red 3–5 lb.
heads. Splendid appearance will
please market growers. Resists
splitting. Tender and crisp with a
pleasing flavor. |
