Cabbage is an ordinary vegetable on our table. It is all the more surprising that there are more than 10 species of this plant that is very difficult to see. Among them there are very exotic options, but, almost any of them, you can grow in the conditions of the average garden area.
White
This is the same type of cabbage that is most common in our country. As it matures, its leaves are twisted into a large dense head. Studies have shown that this vegetable contains a whole complex of nutrients, among which there was a rare vitamin U. White cabbage is consumed both in fresh and fermented (salted) form.
Redhanded
Outwardly, such cabbage differs from white only color it is purple with a red tint. This species acquires a specific color of leaves due to the high content of a special substance-anthocyan. Red cabbage has a favorable effect on the cardiovascular system, increases the elasticity of blood vessels, normalizes pressure.
Savoy
This is another type of cabbage with a head. Each sheet of this plant is very crumpled, which leads to the looseness of the head and its low weight. Savoy cabbage is characterized by a soft pleasant taste, but in Eurasia it is extremely weak due to the impossibility of long-term storage and use in the blanks.
Color
Color cabbage is called so because instead of heads of cabbage, inflorescences are formed. They are eaten. The color of such cabbage can be different. As a result of selection, many subspecies appeared with white, purple, orange, reddish inflorescences. This species is also widespread in the gardens and gardens of Eurasia.
Romanesko
Such an unusual name has cabbage, which is a relative of color. She also has inflorescences, but their shape and location are unforgettable. Romanesko’s cabbage can be examined by receiving aesthetic pleasure from many small and large stars collected in a cunning spiral.
Broccoli
This species continues the “ruler” of cabbage with inflorescences. Unlike the two previous species, broccoli has not one large inflorescence, but many small. Small green buds are widely used in the preparation of dishes, they can be fried, cook, stew and canned.
Kohlrabi
Very unusual and tasty type of cabbage. There is neither a cabbage, nor inflorescences, but a round thickening of the central stem, the socalled stalk is used for food. Before consuming kolrabi, it is necessary to clean from the upper peel. It is ideal for making salads.
Brussels
An interesting variety that differs from other both the procedure for the formation of fruits and their taste. On Brussels cabbage, not one, but many tiny heads of heads are formed. Their leaves contain mustard oil, which gives them a pronounced nutty flavor. The use of this type is very wide.
Leaf
This cabbage is more like a leaf salad. Its leaves are green or purple collected by an accordion. They are widely used in different countries of the world, adding to salads, mashed potatoes and even vegetable drinks. Fresh leaves contain vitamins K, C, as well as calcium.
Chinese
A controversial look that not all experts recognize. It is a low plant with smooth leaves and thick petioles. There are no heads or inflorescences, only leaves. You can get oil from them, or you can fry, cook, salt and even pickle.
Beijing
It is the development of Chinese. Here the leaves grow to a large length and wrap, forming a specific highly elongated “head”. In Eurasia, this species is better known under the folk name “Chinese salad”. It is like a salad that is such a cabbage and is used. Juicy fresh leaves fit perfectly into various dishes.
Japanese
This is another type of cabbage that is not like others. Its leaves are distinguished by their narrowness and complex shape. They are very dissected, compressed many times, have uneven edges. Despite the extravagant appearance, its composition is very close to ordinary white cabbage. The leaves of this plant are used in salads, sandwiches, soups.
Decorative
This is the most beautiful type of cabbage, because as it matures it forms an unprecedented beauty, colored “sockets”. The central leaves are twisted in such a way that they resemble a rose bud. In this case, they are painted in juicy bright colors depending on a specific subspecies. There are purple, white, dairy, pink shades. This cabbage is often used as flowers, but it can be eaten.
Fodder
This species has an unusual organization of the stem. It is long, naked and only spreading leaves grow upstairs. Because of this, fodder cabbage looks like a tiny palm. This plant is used as an additive to livestock feed and poultry. The nutritional value is very high: the composition includes many useful substances that favorably affect the fat content of milk in cows and fortress of the shell of chicken eggs.
