Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of Brassica oleracea, is a leafy green, red or white biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense, leafed heads, descended from the wild cabbage and closely related to other cole crops such as broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and Savoy cabbage. A cabbage generally weighs between 500 and 1,000 grams, and while smooth-leafed, firm-headed green cabbages are the most common, smooth purple cabbages and crinkle-leafed savoy cabbages of both colors also occur; under conditions of long sunny days at high northern latitudes, cabbages can grow quite large, with the heaviest on record weighing over 62 kilograms.
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Earliest Documented Use, From (Year)Source gives 'before 1000 BC' as an upper bound estimate for domestication of nonheading cabbage and kale; no lower bound or precise earliest year is given. Origin Region Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Cabbage
Cultivation, History section, opening summary
Cabbage was most likely domesticated somewhere in Europe in ancient history before 1000 BC.
Cultivation, History section, domestication paragraph
Nonheading cabbages and kale were probably the first to be domesticated, before 1000 BC.
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Common additions include cabbage, meat, and seafood, and toppings include okonomiyaki sauce, aonori, katsuobushi, Japanese mayonnaise, and pickled ginger.
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