Nabha ji I have uploaded several vegetable cultivars of Brassica, especially B. oleracea.
As I understand, var. acephala has now been assigned to two different varieties: 1. *var. viridis*: mostly edible vegetables crops of which I have uploaded several cultivars including our popular Kashmir Karam/Haak saag (syn: var. acephala L.).....this includes kale, collards, tall kale, etc. German names for this are *Blätterkohl, **Blattkohl, **Futterkohl* and *Kuhkohl* ** 2.* var. sabellica*: mostly ornamental cultivars grown in pots and beds, rarely used as vegetable (syn: var. acephala auct. (non L.). this includes curly kale used as vegetable, decorative kale, ornamental kale, borecole, curlies. German names include *Braunkohl, Federkohl, Grünkohl, Krauskohl * and* Zier-Kohl.* ** I have uploaded the curly kale as vegetable crop. I will be uploading ornamental kale separately. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:57 PM, nabha meghani <[email protected]> wrote: > Professor Singh ji and others, > > I don't know if you get Grünkohl in India too. I found for Grünkohl > "Brassica oleracea var. sabellica L" on german wiki and *Brassica oleracea > * <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_oleracea> Acephala > Group<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acephala_Group> on > engl. Wiki. > The pics look similar. I don't know what is what. > Unfortunately I don't have a foto of Grünkohl shall try to get one. > > Anyway Grünkohl is a very popular vegetable in north germany, especially in > Bremen and surrounding. Because of its form it is called Palme and every > place claim that it is their Palm. So in Oldenburg they say it is > olderburger Palme and in Lippe Lippischer Palme. > The Kohlessen is a very popular event here. In jan. Feb. when the weather > is very cold, it is the Grünkohl-time. One meets many groups going on > "Kohlfahrt". They pull a handcart behind them, which is full of various > alcoholic drinks. Every now and then they stop and play and sing and drink. > We live on the outskirts of Ritterhude and 500 meters behind our house there > is woody area. So when we go for a walk, we meet such groups heading towards > one restaurant, which is deep in the woods. Kohl und Pinkel is the one and > only dish. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnkohlessen > > "Kohl und Pinkel" is one of the dishes at the very famous and oldest event > (since 1545) of Schaffermahlzeit, traditionally thought of as a gettogether > of the Bremen shipping and merchants and is strictly regulated. Famous > personalities are invited and they donate to the "Foundation House > Seefahrt", that takes care of the families of the sailors who died at sea. > > Women were not allowed :-((((((((((((((((( but now that women are working > as ships captains they are invited too. Apart from that Shaffer*innen*mahl > is organized since 1975, as women are taking a big part in the society-life. > In 2007 Angela Merkel was one lady-guest and in the same year Lakshmi > Mittal was the guest of honour. > > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaffermahlzeit sorry there is no engl. > version of it. > > Hope I havn't bored you! > Regards > Nalini >
