(Cabbage, Farao Cabbage)

A relatively large early-maturing cabbage that resists splitting, 'Farao' bears dense spherical heads of sweet peppery leaves that are delicious either cooked or raw. Typically grown as an annual, cabbage is a cool season vegetable that traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

Maturing some 65 days after sowing, 'Farao' forms cantaloupe-sized heads with spreading, leathery, deep green outer leaves...

(Collard Greens)

A vigorous, fast-growing collard green, 'Flash' produces large, dark green leaves with milky white stems. The plants are slow to bolt and will quickly regrow when cut back. The first tender leaves are ready to harvest after 55 days when planted from seed and are sweetest when gathered in cool weather. In fact, they're sweetest after the first mild frost of fall. Cook them as you would kale or spinach.

As beautiful as they are delicious, kale, collards, flowering cabbage, and the other vegetables...

(Brussels Sprouts, Franklin Brussels Sprouts)

The early-to-mature 'Franklin' develops a tender stem that may be harvested and eaten along with its tender, round Brussels sprouts. It is an excellent, easy-to-grow variety that bears sprouts ready for harvest after 80 days from planting.

The Brussels sprout is a cool season vegetable first cultivated in late medieval or renaissance Europe in what is now Belgium, then called Flanders. It was brought to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century and began to be heavily cultivated there...

(Broccoli)

Robust and relatively early-maturing, the broccoli variety 'Genji' is an excellent choice for the garden. Typically grown as an annual, broccoli is a cool season vegetable that traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe. It is grown for its fleshy heads of flower buds, which are harvested and eaten before the flowers open.

Going from seed to harvest in approximately 75 days, 'Genji' initially produces...

(Collard Greens, Georgia Collard Greens)

Prized for its large tasty leaves and relative heat tolerance, 'Georgia' is an heirloom variety of collard, a cool-season vegetable that resembles a loose-leaved cabbage. Long a mainstay of gardens and kitchens in the southern United States, collards are increasing in popularity elsewhere. Typically grown as an annual, this vegetable traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

This cultivar bears...

(Collard Greens, Georgia Collard Greens)

An old time southern collard green, 'Georgia is a tall, vigorous variety that will tolerate both cold and hot spells. It forms large, cabbage-like heads of deep green leaves with a bluish waxy bloom. It is best grown in fall, or winter in the deep South, when temperatures are mild and cool. The first leaves are ready to harvest 75 days when planted from seed.

As beautiful as they are delicious, kale, collards, flowering cabbage, and the other vegetables in this group derive from Brassica...