In Modern Gardener, 1771, the ‘Red Dutch’ was described as “the most familiar, as well as the most popular of the red varieties. The head is rather large, round, hard and solid; the leaves composing the head are of an intense purplish-red; the outer leaves are numerous, red, but with some intermixture or shades of green.” Its heads begin to mature from late summer, but are harvested at the first frost for peak maturity. It stores and pickles well with a sweet flavour.
Cabbage red drumhead
