Brassica oleracea Pyramidalis Group (Common names)

Brassica oleracea Pyramidalis Group

Brassica oleracea Groupe Pyramidalis

Common names: Brassica oleracea Pyramidalis Group

Names in common use

• English: spring cabbage, pointed cabbage, new cabbage
• German: Spitzkohl, Spitzkraut; Spitzkabis (CH); Frühkraut (Au)
• Dutch: spitskool
• Swedish: spetskål
• Danish: spidskål
• Norwegian: spidskål
• Icelandic: toppkál
  

• French: chou pointu, chou nouveau
• Italian: crauti (Veneto); cabis a punta (CH)
• Spanish:
• Catalan: col de caputxa
• Portuguese:
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• Albanian:
• Greek: καρδιόσχημο λάχανο - kardhioskhimo lakhano
• Turkish: konik baş lâhana
• Hungarian: csúcsos fejeskáposzta
• Finnish: sokeritoppakaali
  

Sources and commentaries

• "Cabbages. [...] There is a further division into Spring Cabbage, which may be cut either when semi-hearted, as 'spring greens', or when hearted; Summer to Autumn cabbage, cut from June to October; and Winter cabbage." Harrison S.G., Masefield G.B. & Wallis Michael, 1969. The Oxford Book of Food Plants. Illustrations by B.E. Nicholson. Oxford University Press.

• "Spring Cabbage. This term is used for young cabbage, regardless of season. Increasing popularity in recent years has made it worthwhile for growers to extend the period of production; by commencing sowing in June, they have made 'Spring cabbage available from October to June." Harrison S.G., Masefield G.B. & Wallis Michael, 1969. The Oxford Book of Food Plants. Illustrations by B.E. Nicholson. London, Oxford University Press.

• "Spring cabbage. The term is applied totwo types: (1) spring greens grown for their resh, loose, leafy heads, and (2) spring hearting cabbage, which is hardy and grows slowly through the winter to mature in spring". Vaughan J.G. & Geissler C., 1997. The New Oxford Book of Food Plants. Illustrations by B.E. Nicholson. With additional illustrations by E. Dowle & E. Rice. Oxford, Oxford University Press.