16 Cole Crop Varieties You Need to See
Check out the latest broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower varieties from the nation’s leading seed breeders and distributors. Find out about disease resistance packages, yield potential, and regions best suited for production.
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26-701
A Romanesco hybrid, 26-701 matures in 75 days and has resistance to ring spot. It has high dark-green medium curd and a high level of heat tolerance. Available from Rijk Zwaan.
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Aquarius
This variety is a uniform, early-maturing cauliflower with high-quality white, smooth, firm, and heavy curds. A strong, erect plant offers good curd cover. Available from Harris Moran Seed Co.
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Burney
Burney is a fresh market broccoli that has high resistance to Fusarium Yellows and intermediate resistance to black rot. This blue-green variety matures in 66 days and has a high yield potential. Its compact plants are stress tolerant and have excellent heat resistance. Available from Bejo Seeds and Clifton Seeds.
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Eastern Crown
Eastern Crown offers small beads, blue-green head color, and excellent heat tolerance. Eastern Crown is perfect for the crown cut/short trim (Asian cut) market and performs well in long day length and moderate heat. Available from Sakata Seed America.
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Eastern Magic
Eastern Magic is a multi-use variety showing excellent performance in the Northeastern U.S. and Canada. It is high-domed, has great blue-green color, and good heat tolerance. This variety performs well in long day length and moderate heat. Available from Sakata Seed America.
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Fujiyama
Fujiyama is a fresh market cauliflower that matures 64 days from transplant. It can be grown in any climate that has warm or hot summers. With a high yield potential, this cauliflower boasts a dense and heavy head and has good leaf cover. Available from Tokita Seed Co. and Seedway LLC.
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Green Lunar
Green Lunar has medium-to late-maturity (approximately 80 days after transplanting). The heads are uniform, oblate in shape, bright green, and late to burst. Head weight is typically 4 pounds. Semi-upright plants have vigorous frames. Green Lunar has high resistance to black rot and Yellows, and it has high tolerance to cold. Fall is the recommended harvest season. Available from American Takii.
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Green Magic
A mid-early maturing broccoli, Green Magic matures in 90 days in Salinas, CA, has good yield potential, and is suited for production in all regions. Green Magic offers good uniformity of harvest, nice blue-green color, and has a mid-early maturity class. Available from Sakata Seed America.
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GVS 09050
This cabbage variety is for the fresh market and is tolerant to black rot, Xanthomonas, Fusarium Yellows, and Pseudomonas. GVS 09050 has a high yield potential and matures in 80 days. Regions best suited for production include Asia and the Middle East. Available from Golden Valley Seed.
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Majestic
For production in the Northeastern U.S. and Southeastern Canada, Majestic has resistance to Fusarium Yellows. This variety matures in 120 days and works best in cooler climates. It is a storage type for boxing or bag markets, has heads that weigh between 4 and 5 pounds, and features an upright shape that is easy to trim. Available from American Takii.
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Millennium
A fresh market broccoli, Millennium is suited for production in the Northeastern U.S. and Canada and matures in 104 days. It is high-domed, has a large, round crown with extra-fine beads and its postharvest color will not purple. Available from Sakata Seed America and Stokes Seeds.
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Promise
Medium-large plants produce large, round, very dense, smooth heads. Good field holding with mid-storage potential, Promise is ideal for both fresh and process markets. It matures approximately 105 days from transplant. With high tolerance to Fusarium yellows, its yield potential is excellent. Recommended harvest is summer to fall. Primary growing areas are the Northeast U.S. and Southeast Canada. Available from American Takii.
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Red Ursa
Red Ursa is a kale variety that can be produced anywhere in the U.S. It matures in 28 to 68 days. This variety is an improved Red Russian type. Available from Seeds By Design.
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Spring Crisp
This Napa-type cabbage is very early maturing, just 63 days after sowing. A hybrid Chinese cabbage, Spring Crisp also is slow to bolt, so it holds well in the field. Best suited for harvesting spring to summer, Spring Crisp has intermediate resistance to clubroot. Available from American Takii.
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Stellar Vantage
Stellar Vantage is a fresh market cabbage that matures 75 days from transplant. It has resistance to black rot and Fusarium Yellows. This variety is best suited for production in the Eastern U.S. Available from Sakata Seed America and Rupp Seeds.
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Taurus
This storage cabbage is well adapted to a wide range of growing conditions. It is strong against bolting and weighs between 6.6 and 13 pounds.Taurus has high resistance to Fusarium Yellows and intermediate resistance to black rot and matures in 100 to 110 days. Available from Hazera and Siegers Seed.
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26-701
Aquarius
Burney
Eastern Crown
Eastern Magic
Fujiyama
Green Lunar
Green Magic
GVS 09050
Majestic
Millennium
Promise
Red Ursa
Spring Crisp
Stellar Vantage
Taurus
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Rosemary Gordon is editor of American Vegetable Grower, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. See all author stories here.