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What do cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, collard greens & kohlrabi have in common?
If you said "they're the same species of plant, selected for different qualities", you're correct!
Let's talk about the chameleon of the vegetable world, the #Brassica!
If you said "they're the same species of plant, selected for different qualities", you're correct!
Let's talk about the chameleon of the vegetable world, the #Brassica!
They're all Brassica oleracea, derived from the wild cabbage, which is itself part of the wild mustard FAMILY.
Brussel sprouts are cultivars selected for unopened lateral lead buds, broccoli & cauliflower for the unopened flowers, kale for leaves, kohlrabi for enlarged stem.
Brussel sprouts are cultivars selected for unopened lateral lead buds, broccoli & cauliflower for the unopened flowers, kale for leaves, kohlrabi for enlarged stem.
That's the basics, but there's an even larger family of Brassica whose genetic intercompatibility have produced endless combinations of cultivated crops!
Let's talk about the "triangle of U", named for 1935 paper by 'U Nagaharu' where he presented a theory of Brassica genetics.
Let's talk about the "triangle of U", named for 1935 paper by 'U Nagaharu' where he presented a theory of Brassica genetics.
