White cabbage Moscow late, seeds Weight kg

Cabbage Moscow Late 15 is the full name of the variety entered in the State Register of Agricultural Crops in 1943. The variety was bred in a Russian research institute back in 1939, the local cabbage Pyshkinskaya was used as a “parent”. Late-ripening white cabbage is mainly used for pickling and fresh consumption during the winter season. The Moskovskaya Pozdnyaya variety is excellent for these purposes, it is tasty and tolerates long-term storage well. Characteristics: full maturation of cabbage occurs on the 120-140th day after the appearance of the first shoots; it is recommended to grow a crop in the open field; the rosette of leaves is spreading, its diameter is 100-110 cm; leaves are large, rounded, wrinkled, gray-green in color, covered with a waxy bloom; heads of cabbage have a rounded or flat-round shape; the size of the heads of cabbage is large – the average weight is 4-6 kg, but there are specimens of 10-15 kg each; inside the cabbage Moscow is dense, juicy, creamy white in the context; the inner stump is short, and the outer one can reach a length of 30 cm; the yield of the Moskovskaya Pozdnyaya variety is high – about 6-10 kg per square meter or up to 1000 centners per hectare of fields; 90-97% of the harvested heads of cabbage have a marketable appearance, therefore the variety is often grown on an industrial scale; Moskovskaya Pozdnyaya is very good fresh, it is perfect for pickling and pickling; the crop can be stored for a long time – up to six months in suitable conditions; transportability is average; picking cabbage is recommended after the first frost; a feature of the variety is its resistance to keel, pests and a low percentage of cracked heads of cabbage; the Moscow variety is unpretentious to the composition of the soil, does not require careful maintenance and much attention from the gardener. The gardeners of the country very often choose the late-ripening Moscow variety for their plots. It is not surprising that this cabbage has remained at the peak of popularity for so many decades, because it has very significant advantages. Among the advantages of the variety, it is worth noting: high crop yield; excellent taste of both fresh and sauerkraut, pickled, canned cabbage; large heads of cabbage; resistance to the most common cabbage diseases; resistance to low temperatures; high content of ascorbic acid and useful sugars in heads of cabbage, which is very important in winter; the possibility of long-term storage and transportation of crops; excellent presentation. Of course, the description of the Moscow variety will be incomplete, if not to mention the shortcomings of this cabbage. Gardeners note the following disadvantages: the need to keep the heads of cabbage until the first frost (otherwise the crop will not be well stored); a very high outer stump, which often causes cabbage heads to fall to one side.