Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America
Cabbage, Lists 1-26 Combined
Edited by Michael W. Dickson and Phillip Griffiths
Department of Horticultural Sciences
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva, NY 14456
Albion - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, excellent late storability, medium sized head, flattened
round, nice wrappers. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to
thrips.
Allyear - Breeder: Louisiana Agric. Expt. Sta., Baton Rouge.
Vendor: Reuter Seed Co. Parentage: Charleston Wakefield
x Louisiana Copenhagen Market. Similar: Round Dutch. Characteristics:
round head, short core, high quality. Resistance: tolerance
to low temperature. Adaptation: southern United States.
Almanac - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, processing, productive, early, dense. Resistance:
tolerance to tipburn, splitting.
Amager Green - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Daehnfeldt. Characteristics:
hybrid, stores well, green winter type, flattened round,
fairly tight wrappers.
Amtrak - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, large, green and clean out of storage,
short core. Resistance: yellows, black spot, tolerance to
tipburn, thrips.
Arena (84G-YR50) - Breeder and vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, light green, upright, earlier than other storage
types. Resistance: fusarium yellows, tipburn. Storage type.
1990.
Arrowhead - Breeder and vendor: Vilmorin Seed Co. Parentage:
F1 hybrid. 2000.
Aruba - Breeder: Dan Holmes. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds. Characteristics: large, blue-green heads. Resistance:
fusarium yellows, black rot, tipburn.
Astrus (XPH5623) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
large cabbage semi-flat, large formed plant, blue-green
color. Similar: Natsuwase, Kenzan, Fuyutoyo. 1991.
Atlantis - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
fresh market hybrid with excellent round dense heads and
very good field holding ability. Resistance: fusarium yellows,
black rot, tipburn tolerance.
Atria - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, late fall type, excellent yield potential, holds
well, dry matter high. Resistance: yellows, tipburn, tolerance
to black rot.
Autoro - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, red, storage, very late, medium tall, well wrapped.
Resistance: split, tolerance to tipburn, black speck.
Avalon - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage type, high yield, stores well, medium tall
plants, green. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to thrips.
Azan - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, good yielding, uniform, week earlier than Atria,
holds well, dry matter high. Resistance: yellows, tipburn.
Azurro - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, quick heading, vigorous, uniform, numerous wrapper
leaves. Resistance: Black leg, thrips and tipburn tolerant.
Badger Ballhead - Breeder: University of Wisconsin and
USDA, Madison, Wisconsin. Parentage: Wisconsin Ballhead
x Wisconsin Hollander. Characteristics: smaller headed,
bluer colored. Resistance: cabbage yellows and mosaic. Similar:
Wisconsin Ballhead. Adaptation: in Ballhead areas. Phytopathology
47. 1956.
Badger Ballhead 14 YR - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed
Company, New Haven, Connecticut. Parentage: selection from
Badger Ball Head Y.R. Characteristics: exceptional uniformity
of plant and head type. Resistance: cabbage yellows. Similar:
Badger Ball Head Y. Asgrow, Your Crops, Fall 1961.
Badger Belle (Badger Inbred 7) - Breeder: Department of
Plant Path., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage:
Bugner, Wisconsin All Seasons, Wisconsin Golden Acre, and
Badger Market. Characteristics: uniform market cabbage;
head leaves exceptionally, sweet, juicy, and tender; heads
are firm; a small, compact, very uniform Globe type. Resistance:
fusarium yellows, cabbage mosaic viruses A and B. Similar:
Globe. Adaptation: midwestern United States and muck of
Florida; does poorly on sand in Florida. Wisconsin Agric.
Expt. Sta. Res. Bul. 259. 1967.
Badger Blueboy (Badger Inbred 3) - Breeder: Department
of Plant Path., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage:
Wisconsin All Seasons, Bugner, and Badger Market. Characteristics:
bright gray-blue color of Danish Ballhead type; uniform,
slightly elongated, market type. Resistance: fusarium yellows,
cabbage mosaic viruses A and 11. Similar: Badger Ballhead.
Adaptation: market cabbage in Florida on sand and in the
midwestern United States. Wisconsin Agric. Expt. Sta. Res.
Bul. 259. 1967.
Badger Market - Breeder: USDA and University of Wisconsin,
Madison. Parentage: Racine Market and Globe. Characteristics:
second early Copenhagen type with small compact head. Resistance:
yellow mosaic. Adaptation: wide. Phytopathology 43:649-650.
1953.
Badger Shipper - Breeder: University of Wisconsin, Madison.
and USDA. Parentage: Kale x Cabbage. Characteristics: outer
leaves smooth with medium grilled margin; bluish green;
heads globular; outer head leaves moderate tightly clasping;
texture crisp; flavor mild to sweet; similar in season to
Globe. Resistance: clubroot and yellows. Wisconsin Agric.
Expt. Sta. Bul. 547:12-16 1960. 1961.
Balaton - Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid; storage type, with round, large heads, excellent
storer with high dry matter. Resistance: tolerance to black
speck and tipburn.
Banner (XP 1032) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Parentage: hybrid from Asgrow lines. Characteristics: early
yellow-green cultivar. Resistance: yellows. Similar: Golden
Acre. Adaptation: general. 1970.
Bartolo - Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid; storage type, with high yields, long storage
and attractive waxy wrappers. Resistance: tolerance to black
speck and tipburn.
Baseball (PSR2592) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
very small heads, approximately the size of a softball,
small space-saving plants, 45 day maturity, super early.
1994.
Bayou Dynasty - Breeder: Tom McBride. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds. Characteristics: medium, blue-green, semi-round head.
Resistance: fusarium yellows, black rot.
Bently - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, very late, very long term storage, medium dark green,
stands well, easy trim. Resistance: TMV, black speck, tolerance
to tipburn, thrips.
Bertolo - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, very late, very long term storage, thick
wrapper leaves, a long term standard. Resistance: tolerance
to tipburn, black speck.
Bingo - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, long term storage, blue-green. Resistance: black
speck, TMV, tolerance to tipburn, thrips.
Blue Bayou (XPH5781) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
medium sized plant with blue-green plant and head color,
heads are round to semi-round in shape. Resistance: fusarium
yellows, black rot. Similar: Conquest. 1994.
Blue Dynasty - Breeder: Tom McBride. Vendor Seminis Vegetable
Seeds. Characteristics: vigorous, fresh market hybrid with
round head and good wrappers. Resistance: fusarium yellows,
black rot.
Blue Gem - Vendor: Harris Moran. 1992.
Blue Heaven (Hyb. 1557) - Breeder and vendor: Keystone
Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early blue-green market
cabbage with spherical head and fine, high-quality white
interior. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar: Badger
Market for type, Golden Acre for size and maturity. Adaptation:
not restricted. 1977.
Blue Jacket (LH 105) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris
Co. Characteristics: hybrid, late blue-green Danish, long
storage. Resistance: yellows. Similar: Danish Ballhead.
Adaptation: northeast United States. Joseph Harris Company
Catalog, 1969.
Blue Pak (11C-X28)-1978 - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, late, well wrapped,
blue green color, short core, tight interior. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. Similar: Danish types. Adaptation: Texas,
Florida, and the midwestern and northeastern United States.
1978.
Blue Thunder (HMX7270) - Breeder: E.Merrell. Vendor: Harris
Moran. Characteristics: large upright plant with tall wrapper
leaves, blue-green plant color, heads mature in midseason
and are dense with white interiors. Resistance: fusarium
yellow race 1, black rot. Similar: Bravo. 1993.
Blue Vantage - Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics: F1
hybrid with large heads good wrapper leaves; short cores
and excellent holding ability.
Bobcat - Breeder and vendor: Reed's Seeds. Characteristics:
Mid-early high yielding fresh market cultivar; holds well
and has good flavor. Resistance: fusarium yellows, excellent
thrips tolerance, black rot tolerance.
Bonanza - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company,
Detroit. Parentage: selection from Russian sample (1937)
of Bellorusskaya N-184 (Russian for white cabbage). Characteristics:
short core, extremely hard head, round and slow to bolt
or burst. Adaptation: wide. 1950.
Bounder - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
blue-green, vigorous plant, round head. Resistance: tipburn,
black rot. Adaptation: wide. 1989.
Bountivoy - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, excellent midseason Savoy, very fancy, large frame
heavy round head, dark green. Resistance: yellows.
Bravo - Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid
with uniform, large round heads, blue-green color; performed
well in southern U.S. in winter and in northern U.S. in
summer.
Bronco - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid fresh-market fancy type with waxy wrappers, excellent
yield and shipping quality. Resistance: fusarium yellows;
tolerance to tipburn and black rot.
Brutus - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, long term, round large, very green. Resistance:
thrips, tolerance to black speck, tipburn.
Canadian Acre - Breeder: Division of Horticulture, Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Parentage: selection
from Golden Acre. Characteristics: earliness, small size,
uniformity. Similar: Golden Acre. Adaptation: relatively
wide.
Capitan (FMX 388) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics:
green color, large plant type, solid heads. Resistance:
yellows, low tolerance to black rot. Similar: Bravo, Grandslam,
Superette, Greenboy.
Cardinal (HMS5254) - Vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics:
excellent head protection, good field holding ability. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. 1992.
Carlton - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, processing, dense, short core. Resistance: tolerance
to yellows, tipburn.
Cecile - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, processing, round, high dry matter, very short core,
blue-green. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn.
Charmant - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, very early, Stonehead and Princess class, medium
dark green, flattened round head. Resistance: yellows, tolerance
to tipburn, black speck.
Charmed Dynasty (XP 15753) - Breeder: Tom Mcbride. Vendor:
Seminis-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: early
maturing white cabbage, Charmant type, tip burn tolerant;
good field heading. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar:
Charmant. Adaptation: worldwide. 2000.
Châteauguay (21.115.04) - Breeder: Canada Research
Sta., CDA, St. Jean, P.Q. Parentage: hybrid, 244 x B.H.
Characteristics: uniform medium sized head (3 pound) with
good compaction and interior; very dark blue color. Similar:
Stonehead. Adaptation: Canada and Minnesota. Canada J. Plant
Sci. 1972.
Cheers - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Takii. Characteristics:
hybrid, like Bravo but bluer, flattened round. Resistance:
yellows; tolerance to black rot, thrips, tipburn.
Chief - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, round, medium, stands upright, late for
short storage. Resistance: tolerance to yellows, tipburn.
Chieftan Savoy - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co.,
Mountain View, California. Parentage: selection from market
garden savoy type. Characteristics: a distinct savoy type,
firm, round heads, heavily and evenly savoyed. Adaptation:
wide. 1938.
Cole Cash (NCX 907) - Breeder and vendor: FMC. Parentage:
F1 hybrid, Globelle male; female proprietary. Characteristics:
large framed, late, vigorous, upright, blue-green plants
with slightly flattened, firm heads that grow to 8 to 9
pounds before splitting, for fresh market or kraut. Resistance:
yellows; tolerance to tipburn. Similar: Rio Verde. Adaptation:
wide, particularly Texas.
Coleguard (HMX5252) - Vendor: Harris Moran.
Colorsa - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
unique red Savoy F1 hybrid with sweet flavor, excellent
wrappers; turns blue-purple when cooked. Resistance: tipburn
tolerant.
Comparsa - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
early F1 hybrid, compact-growing, dense, finely-savoyed,
green. Resistance: fusarium yellows, tipburn tolerant, thrips
tolerant.
Condor (NCX 9035) - Breeder and vendor: Moran Seeds. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, blue-green with very erect frame; dual-purpose,
midseason that can be used for fresh market or the early
kraut market. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Adaptation:
wide. 1981.
Conquest (XP H1067) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, extremely attractive large heads,
solid, fine eating quality, holds well. Similar: Market
Prize, Rio Verde, and Superette. Resistance: yellows. 1980.
Constanza (PSX17483) - Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
main season blue-green shipper, high yield and adaptable.
Resistance: fusarium yellows, Xanthomonas campestris. Similar:
Fortuna, Izalco. 1992.
Coral Sea - Breeder: Dan Holmes. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds, Petoseed brand. Characteristics: early, round heads.
Resistance: Black rot, heat tolerance.
Coronet - Vendor: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid, late,
blue-green, medium head, medium high dry matter, very good
flavor, excellent storability. Resistance: yellows, tolerance
to tipburn, thrips.
Cosmos (XPH819) - Vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: semi-flat
hybrid. Resistance: black rot. Similar: KY-Cross. 1983.
Crimson (CB9-10) - Breeder: Zaadunie. Vendor: Rogers Brothers.
Characteristics: round, very dense, deep purple-red color.
Similar: Ruby Perfection. 1992.
Crown - Breeder: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid, late,
medium large, solid, cole slaw. Resistance: yellows, high
tolerance to tipburn, frost.
Decema (OP) - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
open-pollinated, storage, very late, long term storage.
Defender (51015) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, medium-sized, open plant, good
cover, second early, smooth round, market head with solid
interior and short core; stands well in field without splitting.
Resistance: fusarium yellows and bract black rot. Similar:
Hybrid 15. Adaptation: spring and summer growing areas.
1976.
Desert Vantage (SCB6110) - Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed.
Characteristics: outstanding cabbage. Adaptation: desert
southwest. 2000.
Desmond - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
excellent storage F1 with flat, round medium-large heads.
Uniform when crowded for fresh market storage. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. Tipburn, black speck and thrips tolerant.
Desserts No.126 - Breeder: Dessert Seed Company, El Centro,
California. Parentage: unknown. Characteristics: heads uniformly
round, very firm, with good green color; maturity 1 week
earlier than Golden Acre; excellent shipping quality. Similar:
Golden Acre. Adaptation: same areas as Golden Acre. Amer.
Vegetable Grower. 1960.
Deuce (HMX 0222) - Breeder: S.A. Clause. Vendor: Harris
Moran. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: large head
cabbage, with small core and white interior; for processing
and kraut. Resistance: Fusarium yellows. Adaptation: northeastern
U.S. 2003.
Dialog - Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds. Characteristics:
processing F1 hybrid; vigorous with extra large, very dense
heads; excellent for mechanical harvesting. Resistance:
fusarium yellows, tipburn.
Discover - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
vigorous processing F1 hybrid with very large, dense heads;
very high dry matter and excellent holding ability. Resistance:
fusarium yellows; tolerance to tipburn.
Discovery - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
fresh-market hybrid with medium large blue-green heads and
excellent flavor; allows for high density population. Resistance:
fusarium yellows, tipburn tolerance.
Dutchman (E4205) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Co. Parentage: combined inbreds from Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, uniform firm heads, leaves medium
blue-green, slightly spreading; market type. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. Similar: Ferry's Round Dutch. Adaptation:
wide. 1966.
Dynamo - Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid
with uniform, dense, small heads with blue-green color.
Resistance: black rot.
Dynasty (XPH 1104) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, well suited to Rio Grande Valley
of Texas and Mexico, vigorous. Resistance: yellows, tolerance
to downy mildew. Similar: Market Prize. Adaptation: Rio
Grande Valley and Mexico. 1985.
Early Cole (PS63880) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
large heading early maturing cabbage for coleslaw and kraut.
Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar: Sanibel. 1992.
Early Curly (No.8010) - Breeder: Fukukaen. Vendor: W. Atlee
Burpee Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early maturing Savoy
type with heavily crinkled or savoyed leaves, small core,
sweet flavor. Similar: Salarite. Adaptation: wide. 1985.
Early Dynasty (XP 15701) - Breeder: Tom McBride. Vendor:
Seminis-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Pacific
class hybrid, round green head that holds well. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. Similar: Headstart. Adaptation: California,
Arizona. 2000.
Early Thunder (HMX 0228) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran.
Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: early maturing; round
uniform heads; excellent field holding ability; slow bolting
and mild texture and taste. Resistance: Fusarium yellows
(race 1); tolerance to black rot. Adaptation: U.S. fresh
market. 2002.
Eastern Ballhead - Breeder and vendor: Eastern States Farmers
Exchange, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Parentage: selection
of Penn State Ballhead. Characteristics: many wavy wrapper
leaves close about the medium sized flattened globe shaped
head, retaining green color to full maturity. Resistance:
mildew. Adaptation: northeastern United States. Eastern
States Cat. 1957.
Emblem (SCB3319) - Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics: hybrid,
mid-maturity, greenish blue, medium sized excellent wrap.
Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn.
Empire Danish - Breeder: Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York. Parentage: Wisconsin Ballhead x Dons Danish Ballhead)
x Donks Danish Ballhead 4 (strain selected by John Donk,
Fairport, New York). Similar: Danish Ballhead. Characteristics:
a cabbage-yellows-resistant New York type Danish Ballhead.
Resistance: cabbage yellows. Farm Research 21(1):10. 1955.
Encore (HMX 0224) - Breeder: Clause Tezier. Vendor: Harris
Moran. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: fresh market
and processing kraut type; green leaves; large, round, flat,
dense head; good field holding ability. Adaptation: U.S.
2003.
Enterprise (XP 1053) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed
Co. Parentage: hybrid, Asgrow lines. Characteristics: plants
medium size and erect, short stem, dark green outer leaves
with heavy bloom, globe head, dark green, firm, small core.
Resistance: yellows. Similar: Market Prize. Adaptation:
general. 1974.
Excel (Hybrid X) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, main season blue green Danish
type for storage. Resistance: fusarium. Similar: Harris
Resistant Danish. Adaptation: northeast United States. 1971.
Express (XP 1037) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Parentage: hybrid, Asgrow lines. Characteristics: early,
midseason, with resistance to bursting in eastern trials.
Resistance: yellows. Similar: Banner. 1973.
Falcon - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, large frame, high yielding, very late, good holding,
dry matter high. Resistance: yellows; tolerance to tipburn,
black rot, thrips.
Famosa - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
early Savoy F1 hybrid with dark green, well wrapped, dense
heads. Resistance: tipburn tolerant.
Farao - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
fresh-market, 62 day maturity, sweet, dense heads, good
field holding. Resistance: tipburn, thrips tolerant.
Fast Vantage (SCB2109) - Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, early maturity, very uniform, medium green.
Fastball - Vendor: Burpee Seed.
Fieldsport - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, fresh market, dense, early, well wrapped, good field
holding. Resistance: yellows.
Flash (PSX53380) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
early cultivar, deep green color, small compact plant. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. Similar: Golden Cross. 1989.
Fortuna - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, uniform, good wrappers, vigorous, holds well, gray
blue-green. Resistance: yellows; tolerance to tipburn, black
rot, thrips.
Fresco - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
fresh-market F1 hybrid with well-wrapped heads and good
field holding. Resistance: fusarium yellows, tipburn, thrips,
and black rot tolerant.
Fuerte - Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds. Characteristics:
fresh-market F1 hybrid with uniform, round, well-wrapped
heads of medium density; compact, blue-green heads. Resistance:
fusarium yellows, tipburn.
Galaxy - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, #1 in Europe for yield and storability, very long
storability, tall vigorous high yield, excellent. Resistance:
high to thrips, tolerance to storage diseases.
Genesee - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
processing hybrid with uniform, large round, dark gray-green
heads; high yields and dry matter. Resistance: fusarium
yellows, tipburn tolerance.
Genesis (ARCO 206) - Breeder and vendor: ARCO Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, midseason fresh market type,
green-bluegreen in color, medium to large frame with good
wrappers, round heads with solid interiors and medium-short
cores. Resistance: fusarium yellows, tolerance to Xanthomonas
black rot. Similar: Bravo. Adaptation: wide. 1984.
Geneva (RS87508) - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, stores well, flattened round, blue-green. Resistance:
yellows, tolerance to thrips.
Genuine - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, excellent early Savoy, hold well, flattened round,
medium blue-green.
Gideon - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, fresh market, round, short core, dense, thick waxy
wrappers. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn, blackrot.
Gladiator (YBR 1615) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris
Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, 72-day, fresh market;
round shape, blue-green and very solid interior with good
wrapper leaves and excellent standability. Resistance: fusarium
yellows, black rot. Similar: Market Prize. Adaptation: northern
and central North America. 1980.
Globelle - Breeder: Department of Plant Path., University
of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage: derived by self pollination
and mass selection from Resistant Glory. Characteristics:
uniform short and long standing, deep blue color; late midseason
maturity; useful for market or kraut in the northern United
States and market in Florida and the southern United States.
Resistance: fusarium yellows, internal tipburn, powdery
mildew Rhizoctonia (bottom rot). Similar: Globe. Adaptation:
midwestern United States, Colorado, Florida, and South Carolina.
Wisconsin Agric. Expt. Sta. Res. Bul. 258. 1966.
Gloria (XPH 1058) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, mid-early maturity, round headed shipper, very
uniform, holds well in field. Similar: Express (Asgrow)
or Viking (Agway). Adaptation: Mexico. 1984.
Golden Dynasty (XP 5218017 CMS) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis
Vegetable Seeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
early maturing hybrid for fresh market; large head size;
CMS hybrid with good uniformity and consistent seed production;
rounder head than Headstart under cold conditions; head
size 17 x 18 cm with 8 cm core; excellent quality for fresh
cut end uses. Resistance: fusarium yellows; black rot. Similar:
Headstart, Grenadier. Adaptation: U.S. 2001.
Gourmet - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics:
hybrid, medium short upright wrappers, slightly flattened.
Resistance: yellows; tolerance to thrips, tipburn, black
speck.
Grand Slam (91) - Breeder: T. Sakata. Vendor: Northrup
King and Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, highly uniform;
tight dome-shaped head. Resistance: tolerance to mildew.
Similar: Rio Verde. Adaptation: United States. 1978.
Great Dane (Hybrid 4) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, very uniform Danish
type, late maturity, upright growth habit; suitable for
mechanical harvest. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar:
Ferry's Hollander. Adaptation: midwestern and northeastern
United States.
Green Boy (No.63) - Breeder: Sakata. Vendor: Northrup King
and Co. Characteristics: hybrid, mid-early, round head,
medium stem, gray-green color for market or kraut. Resistance:
tolerance to yellows. 1968.
Green Cup - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Takii. Characteristics:
hybrid, midseason, Bravo class, denser heads, bright green.
Resistance: yellows; high tolerance to black rot, tolerance
to thrips, tipburn, heat, cold.
Greenback - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company,
Detroit. Parentage: Ferry's Round Dutch. Characteristics:
slow to burst or bolt; darker green head color, short core,
round, firm and medium size. Resistance: cabbage yellows.
Similar: Ferry's Round Dutch. Adaptation: wide. 1956.
Grenadier - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics:
hybrid, gray-green, globe, short cores, Head Start class.
Resistance: tolerance to tipburn, thrips.
Guardian (51018) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, medium sized, vigorous plant
with good cover and wrap on an early, smooth, round market
head that has an excellent solid interior and short core.
Resistance: fusarium yellows and bract black rot. Similar:
Market Victor. Adaptation: spring and summer growing areas.
1976.
Harris Resistant Danish Hybrid - Breeder: Joseph Harris
Company, Rochester, New York. Parentage: incompatible Danish
Line x Danish Line. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, uniform
Danish type and uniform maturity. Small solid heads (3 to
4 pounds). Resistance: yellows. Adaptation: northeastern
United States and the east coast. Joseph Harris Catalog,
1957. 1954.
Head Start (H650) - Breeder: T. Sakata and Co., Yokohama,
Japan. Vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid,
market type with slightly flattened globe heads. Similar:
Copenhagen Market. Asgrow's "Your Crops" Dec. 1967.
Headmaster (E4202) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Co. Parentage: female selection from Cornell University
material. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, plants have medium
large frames on medium long stems, leaves nearly smooth;
heads round to slightly flattened, firm, well wrapped, silvery,
blue-green leaves. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Adaptation:
general except not on muck. 1967.
Heads Up - Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid,
early maturing with uniform plants. Resistance: fusarium
yellows.
Hercules (31) - Breeder: T. Sakata and Co. Vendor: Northrop,
King and Co. Characteristics: hybrid, slightly later than
Rio Verde, flat round head, light blue-green color. Similar:
Rio Verde. 1972.
Hilton (89-886) - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, mid-long term storage, excellent dark wrappers,
dark blue-green. Resistance: yellows.
Hinova - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, processing flat, rounded heads, excellent interior,
short cores. Resistance: yellows, tipburn, tolerance to
black rot, black speck.
Hollander Short Stem, NK Strain - Breeder and vendor: Northrup
King and Company, Minneapolis. Parentage: Hollander Short
Stem. Characteristics: leaf color is darker blue green and
the heads are more filled at the base, giving a round, oval
shape. Similar: Ferry's strain. Adaptation: wide. 1950.
Huguenot - Breeder: Southeastern Vegetable Breeding Laboratory,
Charleston, South Carolina. Parentage: Charleston Wakefield
outcross. Characteristics: high vitamin C content, cold
hardiness, and nonbolting, early and compact. Similar: Copenhagen.
Adaptation: southern regional. Southern Seedsman 7(1):11,
46,1944. 1945.
Huron - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
storage hybrid with bright green color, round tapered heads
and long storage. Resistance: fusarium yellows, thrips tolerance.
Hybelle (Badger Hybrid 13) - Breeder: Department of Plant
Path., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage: Badger
Inbred 12 (female) and Globelle (male). Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, very uniform, vigorous; more productive than
open pollinated kraut and market types; deep blue-green
color; suitable for kraut or market in the northern United
States or high-quality market cabbage in the southern United
States and Florida. Resistance: Rhizoctonia (bottom rot),
black speck, fusarium yellows, internal tipburn, powdery
mildew. Similar: extremely uniform Globe or Marion Market.
Adaptation: wide. Wisc. Agr. Ext. Sta. Res. Bul., 1967.
Impala - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, very late, medium dark green, medium tall.
Resistance: TMV, black speck; tolerance to tipburn, thrips.
Induna (XPH5785) - Vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: green
ball head, semi-round with excellent holding from market
type. Resistance: black rot, moderate fusarium yellows resistance.
Similar: Bravo, Conquest. 1994.
Ireland - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Co.
Itiro (CB-013) - Breeder and vendor: Rogers Brothers. Characteristics:
flat head with erect foliage, medium green wrappers. Resistance:
black rot. Similar: Kenzan, Matsukase.
Jackpot (NCX 911) - Breeder and vendor: FMC. Parentage:
F1 hybrid, male is Golden Acre 84; female proprietary. Characteristics:
early midseason, green plants with medium compact frame,
good wrappers, heads solid with a medium length core and
average 2 to 3 pounds. Resistance: cabbage yellows. Similar:
Head Start. Adaptation: Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Ohio,
and New York. 1974.
Jet Pak (925) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and Co.
Characteristics: hybrid, hard head, medium core, Golden
Acre season. Resistance: yellows. Similar: Golden Acre.
Julius - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics:
hybrid, round head, more savoyed, more open than Savoy King,
semiglobe, medium large, medium green.
Junior (Morden GAZ 60-5.1) - Breeder: Morden Expt. Farm,
Manitoba, Canada. Parentage: Golden Acre number 84/58-3
x Morden ZCO1A/58-3. Characteristics: very dwarf plants
and small, 2-pound heads. Resistance: none. Similar: Golden
Acre. Adaptation: general.
Kaitlin - Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds. Characteristics:
processing F1 hybrid with very large, very dense heads that
cut well mechanically. Resistance: fusarium yellows, tipburn.
Kempero - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, red, long storage, very late, round large, black.
Resistance: tolerance to tipburn, speck.
King Cole (Hybrid number 1) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. Parentage: female selection from Cornell University
material. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, foliage medium blue-green,
heads lighter color than foliage, round to slightly flattened,
relatively short cores, interior solid and white; second
early for market and kraut. Resistance: fusarium yellows.
Adaptation: general.
King Slaw - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Co.
Kleen Cut (Sakata Number 33) - Breeder: T. Sakata and Co.
Vendor: Northrup King and Co. Parentage: closed. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, head slightly larger than Copenhagen Market but
maturity about same season or slightly later; head medium
size, 7.75" deep x 7.5" wide; stem short; uniform green
leaf color. Similar: Copenhagen Market. 1965.
Krautman - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, processing, medium tall heads, stand upright dark
green wrappers, midseason. Resistance: tolerance to tipburn,
black speck.
Krautpacker - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, processing, high yielding, midseason, oval, dense,
short core. Resistance: yellows; tolerance to tipburn, split.
Lectro - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, red, very long term storage, very late, round, medium
large. Resistance: tolerance to tipburn, black speck.
Lennox - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, long term, green out of storage. Resistance:
tolerance to black speck, tipburn.
Little League (PSX25950) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed.
Characteristics: extremely early maturity, 48 day maturity,
very small heads about softball size; small compact plants,
good flavor. 1994.
Little Leaguer (Morden GAZ 60-5.3) - Breeder: Morden Expt.
Farm, Manitoba, Canada. Parentage: Golden Acre number 84/58-3
x Morden ZCO1A-58-3. Characteristics: very dwarf plants
and small 1.5-pound heads. Similar: Morden Midget. Adaptation:
general.
Little Rock (Hybrid Number 9) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. Parentage: combined inbreds of Ferry-Morse Seed
Co. Characteristics: F2 hybrid, uniform, firm heads, round
to slightly elongated; color whitish-blue-green; suitable
for fresh market or kraut; intermediate between Copenhagen
and Ballhead. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Adaptation:
Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Florida. 1966.
Loughton - Breeder: Nickerson-Zwaan. Vendor: Shamrock Seed
Co. Characteristics: storage hybrid with large, round heads.
Resistance: fusarium yellows.
Lynx - Breeder: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid, midseason,
deep blue-green, medium size, very good flavor. Resistance:
yellows, tolerance to tipburn, high tolerance to black rot.
Madison - Breeder: Southeastern Vegetable Breeding Laboratory,
Charleston, South Carolina. Parentage: Wisconsin Ballhead
(selection). Characteristics: high vitamin C content, cold
hardiness and nonbolting, early, compact. Similar: Copenhagen.
Adaptation: Southern U.S. Southern Seedsman 7(1):11 46.
1944.
Market Dawn (TIBM) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris
Co. Characteristics: F2 hybrid, early market type; white
blue-green color; very uniform for type and size. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. Similar: C.C. Cross. Adaptation: northern
cabbage areas. 1967.
Market Master Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris
Co., Rochester, New York. Parentage: incompatible J.H. Company
Danish inbred x incompatible Cornell inbred 52-153. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, slightly flattened early Danish type; uniform
size and type, (3 to 4 pounds); desirable for market cabbage.
Resistance: yellows. Adaptation: northeastern United States
and the east coast. J. Harris Company Catalog, 1959.
Market Prize (C2BM) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, midseason market type with
blue-green color; very uniform for type and size. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. Similar: Early Danish. Adaptation: cabbage
areas of the United States and Canada. 1964.
Market Topper - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Company,
Rochester, New York. Parentage: closed. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, second early market cabbage of uniform medium
size and maturity; blue-green color; hybrid vigor. Resistance:
cabbage yellows. Adaptation: eastern United States. Harris
catalog, 1961.
Market Victor (hybrid V) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris
Co. Characteristics: hybrid, medium early, uniform, small,
round heads of blue-green color with short cores. Resistance:
to yellows. Similar: Market Topper and Copenhagen Market.
Adaptation: northern United States. Joseph Harris Company
Catalog, 1972.
Market Winner - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co, Rochester,
New York. Parentage: closed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid,
second early market cabbage of uniform small size and maturity;
very blue-green color; hybrid vigor. Resistance: cabbage
yellows. Similar: Copenhagen Market. Adaptation: eastern
United States. Harris catalog, 1961.
Marvellon - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, large, medium early open, high yielder, good holding.
Resistance: yellows, tipburn; tolerance to very strong to
thrips.
Masada - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, mid-term storage, easy trimming. Resistance: yellows,
tolerance to thrips, tipburn.
Medium Copenhagen Resistant - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Company, Detroit. Parentage: single plant selection
of Resistant Detroit. Characteristics: early, round, sure
heading. Resistance: cabbage yellows. Similar: Resistant
Detroit. Adaptation: wide. 1949.
Megaton - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Parentage:
F1 hybrid. Characteristics: high-yielding processing cultivar
with large frame and short core; vigorous, late to midseason
maturity. Resistance: fusarium yellows; tipburn tolerant.
Melissa - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, Savoy, early, dark green solid heads, tall wrappers.
Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn.
Mentor - Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds. Characteristics:
processing F1 hybrid with uniform, very large and dense
heads; excellent yields for kraut or slaw. Resistance: fusarium
yellows, tipburn.
Mercury (5432) - Breeder and vendor: Dessert Seed Co. Parentage:
hybrid, DW 343 x Badger number 110. Characteristics: uniform
head, highly compact with short core, blue-green color.
Resistance: yellows and mosaic. Similar: Badger Belle. Adaptation:
general. 1973.
Missouri - Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds.
Characteristics: late hybrid with large, round, gray-green
tapered heads. Resistance: thrips tolerance.
Montego - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, late, tapered base, large round heads excellent
standability. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn,
black speck.
Morden Midget - Breeder: Experimental Sta., Morden, Man.,
Canada. Vendor: T and T Seeds, Winnipeg, Canada. Parentage:
Early Vienna x Golden Acre, sibbed four times during 6 selection
years. Characteristics: nonbursting heads, dwarf plants,
blue foliage, small heads 4 and 5" in diameter. Resistance:
head bursting after ready for use. Similar: Early Vienna.
Adaptation: most areas where yellows is absent. 1956.
Morris - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, fresh market, dense, short core. Resistance: tipburn,
splitting resistant, yellows, tolerance to tipburn, thrips.
Morse's Large Red - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: selection
from market garden strain. Characteristics: dark-red color;
slow bolting. Similar: Mammoth Rock Red. Adaptation: Pacific
coast of the United States. 1939.
National - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, very late, dark green, compact. Resistance:
tolerance to tipburn, black speck.
Novusa - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, Savoy, medium maturity, round to slightly flattened,
solid heads, fresh market or storage. Resistance: tolerance
to tipburn.
Number 33 - Breeder: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid,
medium maturity, blue-green, large head, flat round. Resistance:
yellows; tolerance medium high to alternaria, moderate to
black rot, tolerance to black speck, tipburn.
Oakview Ballhead - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, Detroit. Parentage: Ferry's Hollander. Characteristics:
storage and late market type, solid and round headed. Similar:
Ballhead. Adaptation: wide. 1941.
Ocala - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, midseason, dual purpose for fresh market or processor,
good holding quality. Resistance: fusarium yellows, black
rot. Similar: Rio Verde. Adaptation: wide.
Odina - Breeder: Tom McBride. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds. Characteristics: late hybrid with large, blue-green
heads. Resistance: fusarium yellows, moderate black rot.
Olympic (NVH 658) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King.
Characteristics: large frame, uniform, gray-blue color,
holds very well, under stress conditions produces larger
heads than Rio Verde, two weeks earlier than Rio Verde in
maturity. Resistance: black rot, yellows, tipburn. Similar:
Rio Verde. 1982.
Pacifica (SCB8103) - Breeder and vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
deep green color with a solid, round, tight head. Resistance:
fusarium yellows, tipburn. Similar: Headstart. 1990.
Panther - Vendor: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid, early,
medium green, small solid heads, fair field holding, good
flavor. Resistance: yellows.
Parel - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
early maturity, fresh-market, F1 hybrid with small compact
heads on a short stem. Resistance: tipburn tolerant.
Pedro - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, red, long term storage, very late, round-oval, medium
tall, short cores. Resistance: tolerance to tipburn, black
speck.
Pee Wee (Morden GAZ MIN2) - Breeder: Morden Agric. Expt.
Farm, Morden, Manitoba, Canada. Parentage: Golden Acre number
84/58-3 x Morden ZCO1A/58-3. Characteristics: very dwarf
plants, small half-pound heads. Similar: Morden Midget.
Adaptation: general. 1967.
Pennant (NVH 672) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market type, medium frame
size, blue green in color, good wrapper leaves, healthy
appearance under a wide range of climatic conditions; matures
a week earlier than Rio Verde; holding ability excellent.
Resistance: fusarium yellows, tipburn. Similar: Rio Verde.
Adaptation: wide. 1985.
Pennvalley - Breeder: Pennsylvania Agric. Expt. Sta. State
College. Parentage: Penn State Resistant Ballhead x resistant
Wisconsin Ballhead backcrossed to Penn State Ballhead. Resistance:
yellows; Similar: Penn State Ballhead. Adaptation: Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Agric. Expt. Sta. Prog. Rpt. Number 84. 1952.
Pillan (38894) - Breeder: Doug Souza. Vendor: Seminis-Asgrow.
Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: tropical, semi-flat
head, pale to medium green, early maturity, good heat tolerance,
mid to upland type, good holding. Resistance: fusarium yellows.
Similar: R.R. Cross. Adaptation: Caribbean, Asia, Brazil.
2000.
Platinum Dynasty (XP 52101257) - Breeder: Tom McBride.
Vendor: Seminis-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
spring-summer-fall harvest, main season, fresh market, round
shape, good size, vigorous growth, good wrapper. Resistance:
fusarium yellows, black rot. Similar: Bravo. Adaptation:
northeast U.S. 2000.
Polaris (87G-100) - Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics: hybrid,
mid-late maturity, semi storage type, compact, bluish green.
Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn.
Polo (XPH 5786) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: medium-late
hybrid, matures in 80 to 85 days, tropical type, plants
are semi flat and blue-green in color with good canopy for
head protection. Similar: Green Coronet. Adaptation: Brazil.
2002.
Primavoy - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, excellent late market and storage cultivar Savoy,
compact heads, flattened round medium dark blue-green. Resistance:
yellows and frost tolerance.
Prime Time (EO200) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh-market type, medium
to large frames, dark blue-green color; wrapper leaves tight,
tall, and smooth; second early to midseason maturity. Resistance:
fusarium yellows. Similar: PrimePak. Adaptation: wide. 1981.
Primero A (XPH5236) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
large, vigorous plant, gray-green savoyed foliage, good
canopy protection; round to slightly flattened heads, solid
with short cores; maturity is one month later than Conquest.
Similar: Bravo, A & C 5, Solid Blue 760. 1990.
Primero S - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid with dark red color, compact solid heads on a
short stem with few upright wrapper leaves. Resistance:
black leg and tipburn tolerant.
Princess - Vendor: Canners. Characteristics: compact, cylindrical,
oval type, 1-1.2 kg average wt, late bolting. 1989.
Prizemaker (ACX 016) - Breeder and vendor: Abbott &
Cobb. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, good uniformity, short
core. Resistance: fusarium yellows; tolerance to tipburn.
Similar: Supermarket. Adaptation: wide. 1979.
Protector - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics:
hybrid, rugged, rough, short wrappers. Adaptation: wide,
dark blue-green. Resistance: yellows; tolerance to black
rot, very strong to thrips.
Provita - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, long term storage, well wrapped, fine internal structures,
deep round tapered base, medium dark green.
Puma - Breeder: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid, early,
market, very solid, round to slightly flat, high density,
solid. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to thrips.
Quakerstate Ballhead (YR13 x F) - Breeder and vendor: Agway.
Characteristics: round solid head up to 6 pounds. Resistance:
yellows. Similar: late Danish types. Adaptation: northern
United States. Agway 1967 Catalog.
Quick Start - Vendor: Takii. Characteristics: hybrid, head
start class early cabbage, round, dark green, shorter core,
good field holding ability. Resistance: yellows.
Ramada - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
fresh-market F1 hybrid with well-wrapped dense, upright
heads, medium-large, dark blue-green. Resistance: fusarium
yellows; tolerance to tipburn and black rot.
Rancho Red (BOSCO99) - Breeder: Orsetti. Vendor: Brinker.
Characteristics: medium sized red cabbage; carries red through
interior; adaptability good through USA. Similar: Ruby Ball,
Perfection. 1990.
Ranger (XPH 1069) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, solid relatively small heads;
holds well, good flavor. Resistance: cabbage yellows. Similar:
Market Topper. 1977.
Red Acre - Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics: solid,
small, round heads with dark color; good wrapper leaves;
stands well without splitting.
Red Baron - Breeder: Takada Veg. Seed Co. Vendor: Shamrock
Seed Co. Characteristics: red cabbage hybrid with medium
size, round heads. Resistance: black rot tolerance.
Red Dynasty - Breeder: Tom McBride. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds. Characteristics: red cabbage hybrid with medium round
heads.
Red Express (102 134) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
small size, red home garden specialty markets.
Red Head, Keystone (5587) - Breeder and vendor: Keystone
Seed Co. Characteristics: hybrid, midseason, red, spherical
heads, holds well. Similar: red market types. Keystone Catalog.
1969.
Red Head, Reed - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Orsetti. Characteristics:
hybrid, main season, bright red, flattened heads. Adaptation:
south.
Red Jewel (SCB9602) - Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, red cabbage, good internal color, good size. Resistance:
cracking resistant, tolerance to tipburn.
Redman (Hybrid Red-RIR2) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, midseason, uniform round,
well wrapped, solid, medium size head. Resistance: cabbage
yellows. Similar: Red Danish. Adaptation: general. 1974.
Regal (Hybrid 1558) - Breeder and vendor: Keystone Seed
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early blue-green market
cabbage with spherical head and fine high-quality interior.
Resistance: black speck. Similar: Badger Shipper, but earlier.
Adaptation: not restricted. 1977.
Regal Red (BOSCO20) - Breeder: Orsetti. Vendor: Brinker.
Characteristics: large round head, earlier than Rio Grande
Red. Similar: Red Head. 1989.
Regina (XP 811) - Breeder and vendor: Agway. Parentage:
hybrid, Wis. B113 x Ag 26572. Characteristics: Danish type
for summer and fall harvest; round, tight, blue-green head
with short core. Resistance: splitting. Resistance: to yellows.
Similar: Market Prize. Adaptation: northeastern United States.
Agway Vegetable Seed Catalog, 1972.
Resistant Detroit - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, Detroit. Parentage: selection from European stock.
Characteristics: early, round and firm head. Resistance:
cabbage yellows. Similar: Copenhagen Market. Adaptation:
wide. 1936.
Resistant Glory - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, Detroit. Parentage: Early Kraut type (very probably
Danish stock). Characteristics: kraut type. Resistance:
cabbage yellows. Similar: Glory. Adaptation: wide. 1952.
Retosa - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, Savoy, early, medium fine, dark gray green. Resistance:
yellows, tolerance to tipburn.
Rinda - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, earliest processing cultivar, solid, uniform, good
holding. Resistance: yellows, tipburn.
Rio Grande Red (BOSCO19) - Breeder: Orsetti. Vendor: Brinker.
Characteristics: hybrid, large framed red, large wrappers,
excellent in Florida, flattened, medium red. Resistance:
tolerance to tipburn. Similar: Red Head. 1988.
Rio Verde (Sakata Number 30) - Breeder: T. Sakata and Co.
Vendor: Northrup King and Co. Parentage: closed. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, Greenback type, but head more flattened; leaves
semi-wavy, blue-green color. 1965.
Riovoy (SSC 16093 F1) - Breeder: Nozxaki Seed. Vendor:
Shamrock Seed Co. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Similar: Savoy King.
Adaptation: all cabbage growing regions in U.S. 2000.
Robson Large Glory - Breeder and vendor: Robson Seed Farms,
Hall, New York. Parentage: selection from Reeds Glory. Characteristics:
larger, more uniform, and out-yields Reeds Glory. Similar:
Reeds Glory. Adaptation: kraut areas. 1952.
Rocket (PSX63880) - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, very early, best for cool season, good density,
nice wrappers, round, dark blue-green. Resistance: fusarium
yellows, tolerance to thrips. 1988.
Rodolfo - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, processing, large round heads, short core. Adaptation:
northern and southern United States. Resistance: tolerance
to yellows, tipburn.
Rohnert's Early Red - Breeder and vendor: Waldo Rohnert
Company, Gilroy, California. Characteristics: earliness,
red color throughout head. Resistance: yellows. Adaptation:
wide. 1958.
Rolto - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, late market-storage red, nice wrappers, round-oval,
dark red. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn, black
rot.
Rona - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, excellent storage red, thick leathery fancy wrappers,
round head, very dark red. Resistance: yellows, tolerance
to tipburn, black rot.
Rookie - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, red, midseason flattened round, medium-dark red.
Resistance: tolerance to tipburn.
Roundup (Hybrid number 5) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. Parentage: hybrid; female selected from Cornell
University material. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, plants
large with Resistant Glory-type foliage; heads medium size,
slightly flattened globe, well wrapped; fully mature heads
may be used for kraut. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar:
Resistant Glory. Adaptation: general, but not on muck. 1965.
Royal - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, midseason red, high yielder, round-oval, yellows,
tolerance to tipburn.
Royal Dynasty (XP5210387) - Breeder: Glenn Ruttencutter.
Vendor: Seminis-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
main season CMS, round to semi-round head, blue-green cover
canopy; summer-fall in east and south; winter in south.
Resistance: XCCR, fusarium. Adaptation: midwestern U.S.,
south-central U.S. 2001.
Royal Vantage - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, vigorous, fancy in Texas and Florida, round dark
blue-green. Resistance: yellows; tolerance to thrips, black
speck, black rot, tipburn.
RS 3060 - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
late season fresh market hybrid with excellent round dense
heads; also suitable for processing. Resistance: fusarium
yellows, tipburn tolerance.
RS 3080 - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
attractive storage hybrid with excellent field holding ability
and mid-long storage.
RS 3085 - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
storage hybrid with medium heads for fresh market out-of-storage.
RS 4024 - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
red cabbage hybrid with large dark red heads. Resistance:
thrips tolerance.
RS 6696 - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
large, vigorous storage hybrid with high yields and long
stability. Resistance: thrips tolerance.
Ruby Ball - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Takii. Characteristics:
hybrid, very early open, round, solid, medium dark. Resistance:
tolerance to green tipburn.
Ruby Dynasty (EX 5219037) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis
Vegetable Seeds-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
early maturing red CMS type; 7 to 10 days earlier than Red
Dynasty; round heads with good wrapper protection; vigorous
and uniform; for fresh market. Similar: Red Rookie. Adaptation:
NAFTA - southeast U.S. 2003.
Ruby Perfection - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Takii. Characteristics:
hybrid, late red, excellent quality, medium sized, nice
wrappers, round dark red. Resistance: yellows, tolerance
to black rot, tipburn.
Sagittarius (177868) - Vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Asgrow.
Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: early CMS type intended
for fresh market; matures in 95 days in the summer and 105
days in the late spring in Brazil; good holding ability
has been noted. Resistance: intermediate to Fusarium yellows.
Similar: Shinsei. Adaptation: Brazil. 2002.
Salad Delight - Vendor: Burpee. Characteristics: early
maturing high quality red cabbage.
Sanibel (Badger Hybrid 14) - Breeder: Department of Plant
Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage:
Badger Inbred 13 (female) and Globelle (male). Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, very uniform, vigorous, suitable for kraut or
market in the northern United States or for high-quality
market cabbage in the southern United States and Florida;
more productive than open pollinated kraut and market types;
deep blue-green color. Similar: extremely uniform Globe
or Morden Market. Resistance: fusarium yellows, internal
tipburn, powdery mildew, Rhizoctonia (bottom rot), and black
speck. Adaptation: wide. Wisc. Agr. Ext. Sta. Res. Bul.,
1967. 1967.
Saratoga - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, vigorous, holds green after long storage
dense leafy heads. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn,
black spot.
Satellite (NCX 902) - Breeder and vendor: FMC. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, compact, uniform, blue-green plants with upright
habit and good wrappers, uniform, solid, round heads with
medium core for fresh market use. Similar: Market Prize.
Resistance: yellows. Adaptation: Florida, Texas, and Ohio.
1975.
Savoy Ace - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Takii. Characteristics:
hybrid, fancy, midseason, Savoy semiglobe, medium large,
medium dark blue-green. Resistance: yellows field resistance.
Savoy Blue (HMX 0220) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran.
Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: mid-early maturity;
savoy type; dark green, round heads; refined interior, tolerant
to warm temperatures. Adaptation: U.S. 2002.
Savoy Express - Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, 55 days, small heads, compact plants with few
wrapper leaves.
Savoy King (F1 Hybrid Cabbage No.28) - Breeder: T. Sakata
and Co., Yokohama, Japan. Vendor: Herbst Bros., New York.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, uniform, vigorous, with semi-flat
head, weighs about 4 pounds; can be grown several times
per year under mild climate. Resistance: heat and black
rot. Adaptation: Australia and Southern Europe.
Score - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
large framed processing F1 hybrid, split resistant, excellent
standability for mechanical harvest. Resistance: fusarium
yellows, tipburn tolerant.
Scorpion (XP 05291105) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: early CMS
cabbage for fresh market, maturity is 95 days in summer
and 105 days in late spring in Brazil; good holding ability,
semi-flat to semi-round heads, high uniformity; tolerant
to bolding and cracking. Resistance: Fusarium yellows; black
rot. Similar: Shinsei, Kenzan. Adaptation: Brazil. 2001.
Seneca Danish Ballhead - Breeder and vendor: Robson Quality
Seeds, Hall, New York. Parentage: long history of crossing
and selection of selected New York strains of Danish. Characteristics:
heads very solid, uniform, 5 to 6 pounds, medium short stems,
has an attractive bloom on top leaf of head, a little earlier
than some New York strains. Resistance: yellows. Similar:
Reeds Danish. Adaptation: all Danish growing areas. Robson
Catalog. 1948.
Shamrock (PWS Expt.11) - Breeder and vendor: Pieters-Wheeler
Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, midseason, blue-green,
round slow bolting heads with short core and stem (average
weight 3.5 pounds). Resistance: yellows. Adaptation: Florida
and the Rio Grande Valley. 1975.
Shesheba - Breeder: Tom McBride. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds. Characteristics: large hybrid with round, blue-green
heads. Resistance: fusarium yellows.
Show Boat (HYB MOX 9078) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran
Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, mid-season fresh market
hybrid; early maturing with good holding ability. Resistance:
black rot yellows. Similar: Bravo. Adaptation: North Carolina
and South Carolina. 1985.
Showoff (38782) - Breeder: Johan Hofstede. Vendor: Seminis
Royal-Sluis. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: kraut,
5 days earlier than Atria, excellent yield, flat round heads,
125 days. Resistance: fusarium yellows, thrips. Adaptation:
northeastern U.S., Canada, Europe. 2000.
Silver Dynasty - Breeder: Tom McBride. Vendor: Seminis
Vegetable Seeds-Asgrow. Characteristics: high quality hybrid,
short core. Resistance: fusarium yellows.
Slow Bolting Flat Dutch - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Company Mountain View, California. Parentage: selection
from western market garden type. Characteristics: slow to
bolt; drum head. Resistance: bolting. Adaptation: western
coast of the United States. 1938.
Slow Bolting Green - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Slow Bolting
Flat Dutch x Copenhagen. Characteristics: a distinct cultivar;
slow to bolt; low core. Resistance: bolting. Adaptation:
Pacific coast of the United States. 1953.
Solid Blue 760 (ACX82270) - Breeder and vendor: Abbott
& Cobb. Characteristics: round-oval head, deep blue-green,
uniform maturing, 3.5-4 lb, holds well. Resistance: yellows.
Similar: Moneymaker, Blueboy. 1983.
Solid Savoy (CB9-07) - Breeder: Zaadunie. Vendor: Rogers
Brothers. Characteristics: semi-Savoy type, round shape,
very dense for Savoy type. Similar: Savoy King. 1992.
Sombrero - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
F1 red cabbage hybrid, mid-season, dense classy wrappers.
Resistance: black leg, black speck and thrips tolerant.
Spring Dynasty (XP 5210087) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis
Vegetable Seeds-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
hybrid with excellent yield potential; ability to make size
consistently; holds well with good interior quality; early
to mid-season maturity; performs well in Midwest and California;
possible use for fresh processing industry. Resistance:
Fusarium yellows (race 1) intermediate to black rot. Similar:
Little Goblin. Adaptation: NAFTA. 2003.
Springtide - Vendor: Johnny's Selected Seeds.
Stoltera - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
red cabbage hybrid with excellent dark color, very short
core and high quality. Resistance: thrips tolerance.
Stonehold - Breeder: Candice Kocher. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds-Petoseed. Characteristics: early, fresh market hybrid
with small, round, exposed heads; susceptible to yellows.
Resistance: black rot tolerant.
Storage Hybrid #4 - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: called
Tiara by Chriseed; hybrid, also good for fresh market, solid
heads, round, very solid, dark green, round heads 4-8 lb,
firm, very good storability, 110 day maturity from transplant,
good flavor, very good field holding ability. Resistance:
yellows, black speck, tipburn. Similar: Early Langendijker.
1992.
Strukton - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Nickerson. Characteristics:
hybrid, stores well, high yield, flattened top, tapered
base, medium tall, open wrappers, grayish blue. Resistance:
yellows, tolerance to thrips.
Sunup (Hybrid U) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early (64 days), uniform blue-green,
round (2.25 to 2.5 pounds) well-wrapped market type head.
Resistance: cabbage yellows. Similar: Early Copenhagen.
Adaptation: wide. 1974.
Super Red 66 - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: hybrid, one
of earliest reds, solid round, medium dark red. Resistance:
yellows, tipburn tolerant.
Super Red 77 - Vendor: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid,
midseason red, medium dark red. Resistance: moderate to
black rot, tipburn, tolerance to tipburn.
Super Red 80 - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: hybrid, midseason
red, fancy, medium dark red. Resistance: tipburn, tolerance
to black rot.
Super Red 83 - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: hybrid, midseason
red, solid heads, fancy, dark red, round. Resistance: yellows,
tolerance to tipburn.
Super Red 90 - Vendor: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid,
medium late red, greenish red frame, medium red interior,
medium, excellent holding ability. Resistance: yellows,
highly tolerance to tipburn, fair to thrips.
Superdane - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: hybrid, late
storage cultivar, high yielding, good slaw quality, flattened
round head, tight wrappers, blue-green. Resistance: yellows,
pepperspot.
Superette (E4202) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Co. Parentage: combined inbreds from Ferry-Morse. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, medium to small frame; round solid head, with
excellent interior conformation; leaves silvery-blue-green;
uniform second early. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar:
Badger Market. Adaptation: general, but performed best in
New York and Florida.
Supergreen - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: hybrid, very
fancy, tough wrappers, good shipper, excellent quality.
Resistance: yellows; tolerance to black rot, tipburn, alternaria,
black speck.
Superkeeper - Vendor: Chriseed. Characteristics: hybrid,
very late, storage, medium blue-green, medium large, excellent
storage holding ability. Resistance: yellows, tolerance
to tipburn, tolerance to thrips.
Superlite - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: hybrid, fancy,
tough, high tight wrappers, shipper, holds in field, sweet
flavor, round, dark blue. Resistance: yellows, tolerance
to black rot, black speck, tipburn.
Supermarket - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Takii. Characteristics:
hybrid, round, blue-green, dense, medium cores. Resistance:
yellows; tolerance to black rot, tipburn.
Superpak - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: hybrid, blue-green
wrappers, very solid, medium head, long standing in field.
Resistance: yellows, tipburn; tolerance to black speck.
Supreme Vantage (SCB8202) - Breeder: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, mid-early maturity, 7 days earlier than Royal Vantage,
bluish green, excellent holding, for shredder market. Resistance:
fusarium yellows, tipburn. Similar: Royal Vantage. 1993.
Taler - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
very attractive Savoy hybrid with dark green color and medium
storability.
Talisman (FMX 381) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics:
round heads with short cores, holds well in field, early
midseason maturity, black rot tolerant. Resistance: yellows.
Similar: Grandslam, Bravo, Solid Blue 760-780.
Tastie (number 72) - Breeder: T. Sakata and Co. Vendor:
Northrup King and Co. Characteristics: hybrid, very sweet
taste, good compact head with dark green foliage. Similar:
Copenhagen Market. 1971.
TBR Globe (62M) - Breeder: Department of Plant Pathology,
University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage: mass selection
from Globe. Characteristics: vigorous, heavy yielding kraut
cabbage with greater uniformity but with about the same
midseason maturity as Globe. Resistance: fusarium yellows
and internal tipburn. Similar: Globe. Adaptation: kraut
production in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Colorado. Wisconsin Agric. Expt. Sta. Res. Bul. 258.
1967.
Tenacity (84G-11) - Breeder and vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
strong black rot resistance, medium late main season cultivar.
Round heads. Resistance: black rot, fusarium yellows. Similar:
Grandslam. 1990.
Tendersweet - Breeder: Evergrow Seed Co. Vendor: Johnny's
Selected Seeds.
Titanic 90 (11C-X36) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. Parentage: hybrid, Ferry-Morse Seed Company inbreds.
Characteristics: late maturing kraut type with firm, solid,
round heads, silvery blue-green color. Resistance: yellows.
Similar: Globe. Adaptation: New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
1974.
Transam - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
processing F1 hybrid with highest dry matter for kraut.
Resistance: fusarium yellows; tipburn and black speck tolerant.
Tristar - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, fresh market, compact, early shipping, short core.
Resistance: resists splitting, yellows, tolerance to thrips,
black rot.
Tropicana (PSX86384) - Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
early maturity tropical type with excellent yield, uniformity,
disease resistance, shippability. Resistance: yellows, Xanthomonas
campestris. Similar: KK Cross. 1992.
Tropigreen - Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds/Petoseed.
Characteristics: early maturing. Resistance: black rot,
heat tolerance.
Two Seasons Hybrid - Breeder: Choong Ang. Vendor: W. Atlee
Burpee Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, Chinese cabbage with
short broad heads, very compact, does well as either spring
or fall crop. Resistance: heat, soft rot, and bolting. Similar:
Burpee Hybrid. Adaptation: wide. 1982.
U-Neek Savoy (Early Savoy) - Breeder and vendor: Agway.
Characteristics: uniform small heads. Adaptation: cooler
areas in the United States. Agway Catalog, 1967.
Upton - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics:
processing F1 hybrid with excellent standability for mechanical
harvest; short storage. Resistance: fusarium yellows; tipburn
and black speck tolerant.
Vantage Point - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Sakata. Characteristics:
hybrid, vigorous, high yield, tall wrappers, dense, medium
blue-green. Resistance: yellows, black speck, tipburn; tolerance
to black rot, thrips.
Ventura (7933) - Breeder and vendor: Keystone Seed Co.
Parentage: self pollinated Copenhagen Market number 53 selection.
Characteristics: spherical heads, small frame, semi-procumbent
skirt, slightly waved margins. Similar: Copenhagen Market.
Keystone Catalog. 1969.
Venus (73LL) - Breeder and vendor: Dessert Seed Co. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, early small uniform compact round heads; short
core. Resistance: none. Similar: Emerald Cross. Adaptation:
southwestern United States. 1975.
Viking (XP058) - Breeder: K. Bixby. Vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
an early ballhead type, approximately 65 day maturity from
transplant; suitable for early summer or early fall harvest,
heads average 4 lb, about 6-7" in diameter; heads are round,
solid, well covered with wrapper leaves. Resistance: fusarium
yellows. Similar: Princess 39. 1984.
Vitaro (Bejo 1599) - Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, very dark red, round, well wrapped,
medium large heads. Resistance: black speck, thrips and
tipburn tolerant.
Vorox - Breeder: Reed. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
hybrid, late market red, solid, wrappers somewhat open,
very dark red. Resistance: yellows, tolerance to tipburn.
Wanda - Breeder and vendor: Nunhems. Characteristics: extremely
early, round, medium sized head, light green color, average
weight 1-1.5 kg. Resistance: good to bolting. 1991.
Wirosa - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, Savoy, late, very fine, round gray green, frost.
Resistance: tolerance to tipburn.
Wisconsin All Seasons Improved - Breeder: United States
Department Agric. and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Parentage: Wisconsin All Seasons. Characteristics: a selection
for uniform blue color and even maturity and mosaic resistance.
Resistance: yellows-mosaic. Similar: Wisconsin All Seasons.
Adaptation: wide regional. United States Department Agric.
Farmers Bul. 1439 (1948 revision). 1949.
Wisconsin Ballhead Improved - Breeder: United States Department
Agric. and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage:
Wisconsin Ballhead x Wisconsin Hollander. Characteristics:
‚1 week later than Wisconsin Ballhead. Resistance: yellows,
some tolerance to mosaic. Similar: Danish Ballhead. Adaptation:
regions where Ballhead is grown. United States Department
Agric. Circ. 776. 1948.
Wisconsin Greenback Y.R. - Breeder: Wisconsin Cabbage Seed
Company, Racine, Wisconsin. Parentage: reselection of regular
Greenback. Characteristics: color line outstanding, having
blue-green cast; heads round, 7 to 8" in diameter, weight
4 to 4.5 pounds; maturity 70 to 75 days. Resistance: yellows.
Wizard (906) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and Co.
Characteristics: hybrid, early, round head with blue-green
color. Similar: Jet-Pak. 1971.
Y.R. Charleston Wakefield - Breeder: University of Wisconsin
and USDA, Madison, Wisconsin. Parentage: Jersey Queen x
Charleston Wakefield. Resistance: cabbage yellows. Similar:
Charleston Wakefield. Adaptation: same areas as Charleston
Wakefield. Phytopath 46. 1956.
YR Storage #4 - Vendor: Reed. Characteristics: hybrid,
storage type, tall, very upright, excellent storability,
round tapered base, dark blue-green. Resistance: yellows.
Zerlina - Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics:
hybrid, storage, very late, long term, tall, medium dark
green. Resistance: tolerance to thrips, tipburn, black rot,
black speck.