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    HEADS YOU WIN

    Dec 09, 2020 3 minutes
    Words Jennifer Stackhouse

    Cauliflower has recently morphed from a white vegetable to one with Technicolor aspirations thanks to the arrival of green, purple and orange varieties.

    Whether white or coloured, the head of the cauliflower is a flower referred to as the “curd”. It is made up of a mass of tiny, immature buds much like broccoli.

    The flower head forms best when temperatures are cool, which is why cauliflower is most successfully grown as a winter or early-spring crop sown in late summer or early autumn.

    VARIETIES

    There are many varieties of white cauliflower for home gardens

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