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Purple Cabbage Information

By Aurther March 13, 2022Vegetables

Purple cabbage is a type of cabbage vegetable with purple-colored leaves and head. Apart from its purple pigmentation, the cabbage has some particulars similar to regular green cabbage. The actual color of purple cabbage is influenced by the pH of the soil in which it is raised. For this reason, it is sometimes referred to as red cabbage, as it can also look redder than it is purple. Red cabbage is a versatile vegetable that is used in a variety of culinary applications in its raw form or cooked.

Lemon Boy Tomato Information

By Aurther March 9, 2022Vegetables

Lemon Boy tomato is a rounded lemon-yellow slicing tomato that has a mild flavor. It is a hybrid indeterminate fleshy tomato, with some disease resistance, that was developed in the United States. Lemon Boy is suitable for slicing and is used on sandwiches, in salads, and when making pasta among other delicious culinary applications.

Murasaki Sweet Potato Information

By Aurther March 7, 2022Vegetables

Murasaki sweet potato is a dark-purple-skinned, white-fleshed elongated sweet potato cultivar. The sweet potato has a nutty-sweet flavor and a wide variety of culinary applications. Murasaki gets its name from the Japanese word for purple color – Murasaki. This purple sweet potato was developed to be disease resistant and to grow in Louisiana although it is now widely grown in California, United States.

Cipollini Onions Information

By Aurther February 21, 2022Vegetables

Cipollini onions are petite, saucer-shaped, flat bulbed Italian onions which have a uniform attractive appearance. The onions are of a mini size of between 1.5 inches to 2 inches in diameter. Cipollinis are also known as Italian onions or little onions in Italian. The onions have a spicy pungent flavor when raw and sweet flavor when cooked. Cipollinis are used raw or cooked in a variety of culinary dishes including salads, grills and roasts. They are a fairly easy to grow onion crop for many home growers.

Parris Island Lettuce Information

By Aurther February 17, 2022Vegetables

Parris Island lettuce is a type of romaine green lettuce that forms upright heads surrounded by wavy attractive looking dark green edible leaves. The heart of the lettuce is creamy to white. Parris Island lettuce is also known as Parris Island Cos lettuce or Parris Island romaine lettuce. It is considered the most nutritious green lettuce and is used mostly raw in a variety of culinary applications such as salads, sandwiches, wraps and tacos. Paris Island Cos is fairly easy to grow and can be raised through direct seeding or as transplants.