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Beets and Cabbage Pigments.
15858Beets and Cabbage Pigments.http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bot00/bot00108.htmname A. R. status other age 30s Question - I believe that the answer you gave to what pigment makes beets red and red cabbage red is incorrect. These plants belong to different families and have different pigments. Red Cabbage is colored by anthocyanins. The pigment in beets is betalane (sp?).Crops > Cabbage > ResearchredcabbagepigmentsanthocyaninspigmentJan 1, 2006
Green cabbage has smooth, dark to pale green outer leaves; the inner leaves are pale green or white. (Sometimes the outer leaves are tied around the head as the cabbage grows to keep the interior white; cabbage also turns white if it is kept in cold storage.
To grow your own transplants, sow seed directly in the garden in June. Seed will germinate quickly in the warm soil. Mark rows carefully so you dont accidentally till the seedlings under or mulch over them. Learn more from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County.
CABBAGE Cabbage is a hardy, easy-to-grow vegetable that can be grown in the spring or fall in Kansas. Most varieties are green, but some produce a red head. It can be stored for long periods or made into sauer-kraut. Cabbage is intolerant of our summer heat.
Fact Sheet HS-571 May 1994 Cabbage, Swamp Sabal palmetto (Walt.) Lodd ex Schult. & Schult.f.1 James M. Stephens2 Swamp cabbage is an old-time Florida cracker favorite vegetable obtained from the heart of the cabbage palm (S. palmetto), which is the official state tree of Florida.
On November 24, the displayed cabbages were distributed to elementary and other schools in Tokyo for use as study materials and ingredients for school lunches.
Although there are numerous difficulties involved in high latitude vegetable production, the 100-day growing season is augmented by long daylength, which allows for high production under irrigated systems. Cabbage production of 20,500 cartons was harvested from 33 acres in 2003.
PUBLISHED PAPER RELATING TO CABBAGE Davey JC and Nevison I. 1999. Selection of close controls in cabbage distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) trials using similarity coefficients. In: Taxonomy of cultivated plants, Third International Symposium, Edinburgh, 20-26 July 1998.