I know this is not strictly a home-growing question, but does anyone know
why the "sweetheart" or "pointed" cabbages in the supermarkets are suddenly
white instead of green? In the winter, you need to eat your greens, not
whites.

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:39:58 -0000, "Plum"
wrote:

I know this is not strictly a home-growing question, but does anyone know
why the "sweetheart" or "pointed" cabbages in the supermarkets are suddenly
white instead of green? In the winter, you need to eat your greens, not
whites.

It's all to do with storage. Retailers can keep white cabbage for
weeks while real green cabbage does no last for long. The white
cabbage you see for sale now could have been grown months ago.

Steve

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On 14 Feb, 12:48, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:39:58 -0000, "Plum"
wrote:

I know this is not strictly a home-growing question, but does anyone know
why the "sweetheart" or "pointed" cabbages in the supermarkets are suddenly
white instead of green? *In the winter, you need to eat your greens, not
whites.

It's all to do with storage. Retailers can keep white cabbage for
weeks while real green cabbage does no last for long. The white
cabbage you see for sale now could have been grown months ago.

Steve

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I think you will find it is because they trim the cabbage heavily so
the "Heart" will fit into a poly bag, in my younger day you couldn't
sell cabbage or lettuce if they didny have the outer leaves on.
The hard round white cabbage which we used to call "Dutch Cabbage" was
bread to be cut in the Autumn and then stored in clamps the same as
you did in those days with potatoes.
David Hill

"Plum" wrote in message
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I know this is not strictly a home-growing question, but does anyone know
why the "sweetheart" or "pointed" cabbages in the supermarkets are suddenly
white instead of green? In the winter, you need to eat your greens, not
whites.
They are still green in the supermarkets I visit.
Tina

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:56:07 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote:

On 14 Feb, 12:48, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:39:58 -0000, "Plum"
wrote:

I know this is not strictly a home-growing question, but does anyone know
why the "sweetheart" or "pointed" cabbages in the supermarkets are suddenly
white instead of green? *In the winter, you need to eat your greens, not
whites.

It's all to do with storage. Retailers can keep white cabbage for
weeks while real green cabbage does no last for long. The white
cabbage you see for sale now could have been grown months ago.

Steve

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Neural Planner Software Ltd * * * * * * * * *www.NPSL1.com

Neural network applications, help and support.

I think you will find it is because they trim the cabbage heavily so
the "Heart" will fit into a poly bag, in my younger day you couldn't
sell cabbage or lettuce if they didny have the outer leaves on.
The hard round white cabbage which we used to call "Dutch Cabbage" was
bread to be cut in the Autumn and then stored in clamps the same as
you did in those days with potatoes.
David Hill

Cabbage from a Loaf ....The things they can do with food nowadays !!!!

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:39:58 -0000, "Plum"
wrote:

I know this is not strictly a home-growing question, but does anyone know
why the "sweetheart" or "pointed" cabbages in the supermarkets are suddenly
white instead of green? In the winter, you need to eat your greens, not
whites.

Programme on telly tonight showed them cultivating Bean Sprouts and
they were under green lighting to stop photo synthesis so that the
sprouts grew white rather than green .

These the ones you mean ...green outside and white inside .
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/394/1/