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Cabbage

Brassica oleracea var. capitata

The headed brassica of winter tables — a fermented folklore as much as a boiled one.

Flavor

Sweet when cooked slow or after frost; sulfur if boiled to death. Fermented is another plant entirely.

Symptoms

constipation, indigestion

In favor

Stores cold for months

Against

Cabbageworm

Grow lab

Yes

Days to harvest

70–100 days from transplant

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