This is a beautifully sweet cabbage variety that produces thick crisp leaves that can be used as an alternative to iceberg lettuce. This vigorous cabbage will perform in almost any free-draining soils, and will stand until the first hard frosts of the autumn. Try growing with Nasturtiums to draw cabbage white butterflies away from the crop. Sow autumn cabbage seed indoors seed from March to May. Alternatively direct sow outdoors from late March into a well prepared seedbed, for transplanting to their final positions later on. Sow at a depth of 13mm (1/2") and distance of 23cm (9") between rows. Indoors, sow seed at a depth of 12mm (1/2") in trays of free-draining, seed sowing compost and cover with a layer of vermiculite. Place in a propagator or seal container inside a plastic bag at a temperature of 20-25C (68-77F) until germination which takes 4 -7 days. Once germinated, grow Cabbage plants on in cooler conditions until all risk of frost has passed and plants are large enough to be