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Brussels Sprouts
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variety (gemmifera) of producing small edible heads (sprouts) along the stem. It is cultivated like cabbage and was first developed in Belgium and France in the 18th cent.

Brussels Sprouts
Brussels sprouts are slow-growing, long-season vegetables belonging to the cabbage family. The sprouts look like miniature cabbages and form where the leaves meet the stems.

Brussels Sprouts - Although considered easy to grow by gardeners in some sections, Boston gardeners have considered them most difficult.

Brussels Sprouts
A vegetable with small, dense, compact buds that is round and green and is usually no more than 2 inches in diameter. It looks and tastes like a miniature cabbage. It is named after their place of origin, Brussels, Belgium.

Brussels Sprouts: Harvest sprouts when they are firm and 1 to 1 ½ inches in diameter. Start from the bottom of the plant and move up. Twist or cut sprouts from the stem. Harvest all sprouts before the first severe freeze.

Brussels Sprouts
Brussels sprouts do so well in the cold that they are often harvested well into winter. This is one vegetable that improves in flavor when exposed to cold temperatures.

Brussels sprouts grow in temperature ranges of 45 to 75°F, with highest yields at 59 to 64°F. Plants grow from seeds in seedbeds or greenhouses, and are transplanted to garden beds. Brussels sprouts are ready for harvest 90-180 days after planting.

Brassica (cabbage, brussels sprouts, other kales)
Repels many types of beetles which attack cabbages.
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Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera)
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Locally grown vegetables are artichokes, beans (bush and pole, runner, string, snap, broad), beets, Bermuda Onion (Allium cepa), Bermuda cassava, broccoli (a good host plant for caterpillars and their butterflies (Cabbage White), Brussels sprouts, ...

gemmifera (Brussels Sprouts)
Brassica oleracea (Chinese Kale)
Crambe cordifolia (Colewort)
Crambe maritima (Sea Kale)
Draba aizoides (Yellow Whitlow Grass)
Draba oligosperma (Fewseed Draba)
Draba sibirica (Siberian Draba)
Eruca vesicaria ssp.

A long-standing favourite and the best variety to choose for home-grown Brussels sprouts on Christmas Day as the tightly-packed flavour-filled buttons are ready to pick from December to February.

To 1 gallon of young Nettle tops, thoroughly washed, add 2 good-sized leeks or onions, 2 heads of broccoli or small cabbage, or Brussels sprouts, and 1/4 lb. of rice. Clean the vegetables well; chop the broccoli and leeks and mix with the Nettles.

Arugala Rhubarb Beans Rutabagas Beets Salad Burnet Broccoli Salsify Brussels sprouts Sorrel cabbage Spinach Cauliflower Summer Squash Celery Turnips Cress Endive HERBS Garlic Angelica Kale Borage Kohlrabi Caraway Leaf Lettuce Chervil Leeks Coriander ...

The gemmifera group includes Brussels sprouts.
The gongylodes group includes kohlrabi.
The italica group includes Italian broccoli, asparagus broccoli, sprouting broccoli, cape broccoli and purple cauliflower.

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) is from the large family of crucifers and is a sibling of kale, kohlrabi, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.

In summer they are used for cuttings of all kinds; in autumn for more cuttings, seedlings of hardy annuals, broad beans, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower, for ripening tomatoes and also crops of lettuce, endive, parsley, and radish.

Many fruits are rich in antioxidants, vitamins C and E, selenium, zinc, manganese, copper and iron.
Fruit and vegetables such as papaya, watermelon, mango, oranges, grapefruit, lemons, spinach, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, garlic, cayenne pepper, ...

See also: Sprout, Cabbage, Green, Vegetables, Broccoli