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Cabbage – Head of Vegetable Family

Cabbage - Head of Vegetable Family

Cabbage – Head of Vegetable Family

The cabbage group includes the common cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, and collard. They are rich in vitamins and minerals and low in calories. People eat cabbage raw or cooked. Cauliflower has a head of tight thick white flowers. Broccoli has bright green loosely clustered flowers. Brussels sprout has many little cabbage-like heads. Kale and kohlrabi have loose leaves that spread outward from a stem.
The history of cabbage began in the prehistoric era, as evidenced by archaeological excavations of Stone Age man’s sites. For a long time people used wild cabbage. Later, as a result of the selection, several varieties of this plant were created, including the head cabbage.

Homer mentioned cabbage in his Iliad nearly 3,000 years ago. Wild cabbage is native to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and also grows on the sea cliffs of Great Britain.
In ancient Rome, cabbage was not only a tasty and healthy food, but also a cure for almost all diseases. Builders of the Great Wall of China ate pickled cabbage back in 200 BC.
In France a popular term for a loved one is petit choux, which means “little cabbage”.
The Lundy cabbage is an herb. Its stems are woody, covered with downward spreading hairs, and have few leaves. Flowers are clustered at the tops of the stems. It is found only on Lundy Island on slopes and sea cliffs.

Attractive cabbage

Attractive cabbage


Cabbage is very useful for your health. It contains bioflavonoids, chlorophyll, indole and phenol that fight free radicals, thus preventing the development of cancer cells and slowing down the aging process. Those who often eat a miracle-vegetable, reduces the risk of cancer of the digestive system and the lungs, breast and prostate. Heated leaves of the plant were used to relieve pain in the joints. And, of course, this vegetable is a real storehouse of vitamin C.
Sauerkraut is the only product of plant origin that contains vitamin B12. Without it normal growth and development of children is impossible. The great navigator James Cook believed that the success of his expeditions depended on the daily portion of sauerkraut, which saved the sailors from scurvy and other dangerous diseases.
In ancient Greece the cabbage was considered a symbol of sobriety. In China, cabbage is considered a symbol of wealth.

Cabbage – Head of Vegetable Family

Bok choy

Bok choy

Cauliflower

Cauliflower

Colorful cabbage

Colorful cabbage

Interesting cabbage

Interesting cabbage

Lovely cabbage

Lovely cabbage

Napa cabbage

Napa cabbage

Pretty cabbage

Pretty cabbage

Savoy cabbage

Savoy cabbage

Tasty cabbage

Tasty cabbage

Cabbage in art

Yury Shteingarz. Still Life with Vegetables. 2007

Yury Shteingarz. Still Life with Vegetables. 2007

Zhukov Nikolai Nikolaevich, 1951

Zhukov Nikolai Nikolaevich, 1951

Vincent van Gogh. Still-Life with Cabbage and Clogs. 1881

Vincent van Gogh. Still-Life with Cabbage and Clogs. 1881

Vikentiy Trofimov. Weeding the cabbage. 1930s

Vikentiy Trofimov. Weeding the cabbage. 1930s

Vaclav Maly. Cabbage Market

Vaclav Maly. Cabbage Market

V. Borisenkov. Cabbage. 1958

V. Borisenkov. Cabbage. 1958

Tkachev Sergey Petrovich. The First Snow, 1976

Tkachev Sergey Petrovich. The First Snow, 1976

Theo van Rysselberghe. Among the Cabbages. Private collection

Theo van Rysselberghe. Among the Cabbages. Private collection

Savitsky Mikhail Andreevich. Woman with two heads

Savitsky Mikhail Andreevich. Woman with two heads

Samuel Edwin Whiteman. The Cabbage Patch

Samuel Edwin Whiteman. The Cabbage Patch

Richard Hunter. Cabbage Patch

Richard Hunter. Cabbage Patch

Randolph Caldecott. Girl Working in a Rural Kitchen Garden Collecting Cabbages

Randolph Caldecott. Girl Working in a Rural Kitchen Garden Collecting Cabbages

Petr Kolomoytsev. Early vegetables. 1971

Petr Kolomoytsev. Early vegetables. 1971

Pavel Kuznetsov. Collecting cabbage

Pavel Kuznetsov. Collecting cabbage

Oksana Arkhipova. Rustic still life

Oksana Arkhipova. Rustic still life

Nikolay Tikhonov. Collecting cabbage in collective farm. 1970

Nikolay Tikhonov. Collecting cabbage in collective farm. 1970

Natalia Nepianova. Peasant Still Life. 2006

Natalia Nepianova. Peasant Still Life. 2006

Natalia Nepianova. Autumn work. 2001

Natalia Nepianova. Autumn work. 2001

Natalia Marusova, 2009

Natalia Marusova, 2009

Maria Fedorova (Ionova) In the garden. the last quarter of the XIX century

Maria Fedorova (Ionova) In the garden. the last quarter of the XIX century

Kovtonenko. No title. 1963

Kovtonenko. No title. 1963

Joseph Denovan Adam. Calves in the Cabbage Patch. Glasgow Museums

Joseph Denovan Adam. Calves in the Cabbage Patch. Glasgow Museums

John Moran. Cabbage Pickers

John Moran. Cabbage Pickers

John Lines. Tempting Toms

John Lines. Tempting Toms

John Lines. Cabbage Again

John Lines. Cabbage Again

John Henry Twachtman. The Cabbage Patch

John Henry Twachtman. The Cabbage Patch

Johann Georg Seitz. Rabbits and vegetables

Johann Georg Seitz. Rabbits and vegetables

Jan van Os. River Landscape

Jan van Os. River Landscape

James Peale. Still-Life Balsam Apple and Vegetables. 1820-29

James Peale. Still-Life Balsam Apple and Vegetables. 1820-29

Irina Nyurenberg. In the kitchen

Irina Nyurenberg. In the kitchen

Henry John Yeend King. Cabbage Gatherer

Henry John Yeend King. Cabbage Gatherer

Henri de Braekeleer. A Flemish Garden, 1864

Henri de Braekeleer. A Flemish Garden, 1864

Geza Peske. In the Garden

Geza Peske. In the Garden

George Ernest Smith. Woman with Head of Cabbage

George Ernest Smith. Woman with Head of Cabbage

Fran Hardy. Bislet Cabbage

Fran Hardy. Bislet Cabbage

Evelyn Dunbar. Sprout Picking. 1947

Evelyn Dunbar. Sprout Picking. 1947

Ernst Nowak. In the kitchen

Ernst Nowak. In the kitchen

Ellen Jean Diederich Amish. Cabbage Patch

Ellen Jean Diederich Amish. Cabbage Patch

E. Phillips Fox. Cabbage Patch

E. Phillips Fox. Cabbage Patch

Charles Willson Peale. Cabbage Patch

Charles Willson Peale. Cabbage Patch

Charles Courtney Curran. The Cabbage Field. 1914

Charles Courtney Curran. The Cabbage Field. 1914

Carl Duxa. Happy family

Carl Duxa. Happy family

Carl Duxa. Friends

Carl Duxa. Friends

Camille Pissarro. The Gardener. Old Peasant with Cabbage. 1883-95

Camille Pissarro. The Gardener. Old Peasant with Cabbage. 1883-95

Camille Pissarro. Peasant Woman in a Cabbage Patch

Camille Pissarro. Peasant Woman in a Cabbage Patch

Camille Pissarro. Cabbage Harvest

Camille Pissarro. Cabbage Harvest

Boris Kustodiev. Vegetables, 1920

Boris Kustodiev. Vegetables, 1920

Berezovsky Boris Feoktistovich, 1956

Berezovsky Boris Feoktistovich, 1956

Arthur Melville. Cabbage Garden. 1877

Arthur Melville. Cabbage Garden. 1877

Alphonse Gaudefroy. De Retour de la Chasse. 1889

Alphonse Gaudefroy. De Retour de la Chasse. 1889

Alexey and Sergei Tkachev. In September. 1963

Alexey and Sergei Tkachev. In September. 1963

Alexander Chislov. Cabbage. 2009

Alexander Chislov. Cabbage. 2009

Cabbage creativity by Ju Duoqi

Coquette Sara by Ju Duoqi

Coquette Sara by Ju Duoqi

Lady in the Hat by Ju Duoqi

Lady in the Hat by Ju Duoqi

Loli doll in the Japanese style by Ju Duoqi

Loli doll in the Japanese style by Ju Duoqi

Marilyn Monroe by Ju Duoqi

Marilyn Monroe by Ju Duoqi

My Fair Lady by Ju Duoqi

My Fair Lady by Ju Duoqi

Nowa by Ju Duoqi

Nowa by Ju Duoqi

Monuments to cabbage

Monument of cabbage in Jiangxi Province, China

Monument of cabbage in Jiangxi Province, China

Monument to cabbage in Indonesia

Monument to cabbage in Indonesia

Monument to cabbage in Kemerovo, Russia

Monument to cabbage in Kemerovo, Russia

Monument to cabbage in Kiev, Ukraine

Monument to cabbage in Kiev, Ukraine

Monument to cabbage in Tomsk, Russia

Monument to cabbage in Tomsk, Russia

Monument to cabbage in Veliky Novgorod, Russia

Monument to cabbage in Veliky Novgorod, Russia