which cabbage is this?

It was heavy in August but not fully grown when cut, but it was very tight. Most in the row grew to 5kg, it was a good year here for cabbage. Despite the cabbage coming first in the local show, it was luck, I dont know the variety. Any pointers?

 

Well apart from the green kind I can't help you...:hehe:

 

5 kilos is a mighty big cabbage so I'm guessing it's an F1 hybrid

Thompson & Morgan do an F1 cabbage called Surprise that matures late summer/early autumn and could be the one.

You've grown a superb specimen there - did it taste as good as it looks?

 

The flavour was good, and it kept well too

 

How do you stop all the bugs eating it? I grow veg good enough to eat, but nothing that looks very smart

 

Insect mesh, http://www.wondermesh.co.uk/

 

If it has a "really" firm head it could be a stonehead F1, known to grow big and a ballhead variety.

 

It might be a golden acre, a woman downtheroad bought from the same shop, there was a choice of around 4 different types.

 

Hi Misterroy

I grew a few Golden Acre last year because it's early, quick growing and recommended for small gardens. It's generally described as "compact". I'd be very surprised if a Golden Acre could make it to 5 kgs. I left one of mine in the ground a little too long and the head split.

If yours really was a Golden Acre, you must have been feeding it with something pretty potent!

 

The woman who came second bought her plants in the same shop, her one was golden acre, and it was way bigger than mine, but not so tight. To me the pictures on the web of golden acre dont look quite the same, its my best guess. My method of record keeping was putting the tray the cabbage plants came in beside the plants, wont be so lazy this year.

 

Looks like Brigadier to me.