Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage

This classic early cabbage flaunts distinctively pointy compact medium 2–3 lb heads. The pyramidal shape with sparse outside foliage permits close spacing. Tender flavorful waxy-looking Wakefield is still prized by home and market gardeners. Originated in England in the early 1800s, first grown in America in 1840, perfected by a German truck gardener in northern New Jersey and released by Peter Henderson in 1868. Henderson in 1902 asserted that “it was more largely grown than all other first early cabbages combined” and called it an “old reliable always to be depended upon for its uniformity in earliness and crop.” Customer Anne Elder considers it a great fall cabbage as well. Shows some variation in our lot grow-outs. Not for storage.