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December 11, 2005 : Brassica oleracea [Capitata Group] 'Melissa'

Keywords: Brassicaceae | Brassica oleracea [Capitata Group] 'Melissa'

Brassica oleracea [Capitata Group] 'Melissa'
Brassica oleracea [Capitata Group] 'Melissa'

'Melissa' savoy cabbage is an F1 hybrid. For a brief explanation of the debate surrounding open-pollinated, heirloom, and hybrid vegetable seeds, check out “Heirlooms versus Hybrids: A Common-sense Approach”, an article by Renee Shepherd on the site of Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

For the black and white version, I repeated the same steps as I did for Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate', except I instead screened the red and blue channels in the first step. I'm quite happy with this particular technique for generating images that have some dimensionality.

Photography resource link: Abstracting the Landscape via The Luminous Landscape.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at December 11, 2005 12:00 AM

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Bonjour! I never thought I'd come across another photo a day blog that was about botany! The photos are excellent and I may add your site to my links. I'll be back for sure! Merci!

Posted by: Eric at Paris Daily Photo at December 11, 2005 1:38 AM

I have grown Melissa and it is a wonderful cabbage with great flavor and ease of growing. The slugs in our neck of the woods also like it. Our neck of the woods by the way is NW Oregon.

Posted by: George at December 11, 2005 7:48 AM

Thanks George. You can see a few slug nibbles in the older leaves here – I assume they are slug nibbles, anyway.

Posted by: Daniel Mosquin Author Profile Page at December 12, 2005 3:06 AM

I've had them mostly wait until the heads were sizing up and then really go for them, as though trying to be a nuisance.

Posted by: Ron B at December 15, 2005 7:07 PM

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