11 Cauliflower Varieties You’ll Want to Grow
The cauliflower varieties range from uncommon colors to reliably stark white, and growers can find one suited for their own regions.
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Clarify from Stokes Seeds
Breeder: Syngenta
Market: Fresh and processing
Disease package: Clubroot
Days to maturity: 65
Region(s): Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest
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Cristof from Syngenta
Market: Fresh
Days to maturity: 70 to 75
Region(s): Coastal California for summer production; Desert Southwest for transition to late slot.
Other: Cristof is a high-density cauliflower variety that delivers a strong, vigorous plant that produces a nicely shaped dome white curd. Offering good heat tolerance, this variety is an ideal fit for summer production in Coastal California and transition to late slot in the Desert Southwest. -
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Flamenco from Bejo Seeds
Market: Fresh
Disease package: Intermediate resistance to verticillium. Susceptible to fusarium, black rot
Days to maturity: 71
Other: A great cauliflower for late summer and fall production. The strong plant provides good cover to the head, which is high, bright white, and domed with dense curds. Its exceptional flavor and raw-eating quality makes ‘Flamenco’ a great choice for fresh market. -
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Flame Star from Syngenta and Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Breeder: Syngenta
Distributor: Johnny's Selected Seeds
Market: Fresh and processing
Days to maturity: 80
Region(s): Coastal California, Desert Southwest, Eastern U.S.
Other: Beautiful semi-orange cauliflower targeted to the specialty color market. It produces a medium-size plant with consistently high yields of smooth, dense, well-shaped heads.Syngenta-US.com; JohnnySeeds.com
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Incline from Sakata Seed America
Market: Fresh and freezer
Days to maturity: 76 from transplant. Add 20 to 30 days when planted over winter.
Region(s): Widely available
Other: Large outerleaves nad a tight inner wrap provides good coverage. Large, dome-shaped heads with solid, dense curds. -
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Mardi from Enza Zaden
Days to maturity: Early maturing
Yield: Uniform, white heads averaging 600-800 grams
Region(s): Northern climates
Other: Plant habit is vigorous and upright, with partially self-wrapping leaves to protect the curds. 'Mardi' is appreciated for its sweet flavor, and can be grown in the spring, summer and fall. -
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Nebula from Enza Zaden
Market: Fresh and processing
Other: ‘Nebula’ has a vigorous plant habit with exceptionally dense white curd. ‘Nebula’ is one of the more versatile varieties in terms of slotting as it can be harvested from spring to fall with outstanding heat tolerance. -
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Puntoverde, AKA 26-701 from Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Breeder: Rijk Zwaan
Market: Fresh
Days to maturity: 78
Region(s): Widely adapted
Other: Reliable, all-season production -
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Skywalker from Bejo Seeds
Market: Fresh
Disease package: fusarium yellows and fusarium wilt
Days to maturity: 75
Region(s): A reliable variety, widely adaptable to many regions.
Other: The best organic variety for fall. It has uniform, medium-sized, self-wrapping heads and large, healthy plants. Its cold tolerance allows for late summer and fall harvest. Organically grown. -
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Synergy from Rupp Seeds
Breeder: Enza Zaden
Market: Fresh
Days to maturity: 75 to 80
Region(s): Eastern U.S.
Other: Suitable for summer production. Good wrapping for nice white heads. -
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Tamarack from Seminis
Yield: Transplants: 13,000 to 18,000 plants/acre
Region(s): Desert Southwest
Other: ‘Tamarack’ is a variety with great density and head weight, and exceptional harvest uniformity.
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Clarify from Stokes Seeds
Cristof from Syngenta
Flamenco from Bejo Seeds
Flame Star from Syngenta and Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Incline from Sakata Seed America
Mardi from Enza Zaden
Nebula from Enza Zaden
Puntoverde, AKA 26-701 from Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Skywalker from Bejo Seeds
Synergy from Rupp Seeds
Tamarack from Seminis
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Carol Miller is Editor of American Vegetable Grower. See all author stories here.
