2018 ASHS Annual Conference

Red cabbage is a commonly grown cool season vegetable. In Louisiana, cabbage is primarily sold at fresh markets, where head size is of concern to buyers. Typically green cabbage produces a larger and heavier head than red cabbage produced in Louisiana. Therefore a variety trial was conducted to determine if a particular variety of red cabbage yields heavier weights than others grown when grown in the fall season. Nine varieties were planted at a farm in southeast Louisiana. The heaviest yielding red cabbage variety was ‘Rio Grande Red’.