Lists 1-27 Combined
Edited by Michael W. Dickson and Phillip Griffiths
Department of Horticultural Sciences
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva, NY 14456
Akala – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden.
Arcadia (XPH 793) – Vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: very early Napa type Chinese cabbage. Similar: Zephyr. 1984.
Banko – Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics: F1 hybrid with excellent bolt tolerance; tall, narrow, cylindrical shaped heads. Resistance: fusarium yellows, clubroot.
Burpee Hybrid – Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Company, Philadelphia. Parentage: closed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, giant cylindrical heads, broad and tightly folded; heavily savoyed, thick, succulent leaves. Adaptation: wide, fall crop. Burpee catalog. 1961.
Chiko – Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, Chinese cabbage type, early, narrow cylindrical, vigorous tall.
China Express – Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics: early hybrid, slow-bolting Napa type, barrel-shaped, well wrapped, uniform.
Greenwich (SCC7302) – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Similar: Michihili Jade Pagoda. 1999.
Jade Pagoda – Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid that tolerates cold and is slow to bolt; dark green and crisp. Resistance: bacterial soft rot and virus.
Jazz – Breeder and vendor: Takii. Characteristics: slow-bolting hybrid. Resistance: clubroot.
Joi Choi – Vendor: Harris Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid with 45-day maturity, white stems and dark green leaves. Resistance: cold.
Magica (XPH 791) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, round top head, good field holding and shipping quality. Similar: Early Hybrid. Adaptation: wide. 1983.
Mandarin – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Detroit. Parentage: Wong Bok. Characteristics: more uniform and sure heading than Wong Bok. Similar: Wong Bok. Adaptation: wide; for late summer planting. 1952.
Manoko – Breeder: Bejo Seeds. Vendor: Seedway. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, bolt tolerant, medium green, compact, dense heads. Resistance: fusarium yellows, tipburn tolerance.
Marquis – Vendor: Takii. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, Chinese cabbage type, early, holds well, bright green. Resistance: tolerance high to clubroot.
Michihli – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Detroit. Parentage: Chihli. Characteristics: more uniform and sure heading than Chihli. Similar: Chihli. Adaptation: northern half of the United States for July planting.
Minuet – Breeder and vendor: Johnny’s Selections, South Korea. Parentage: F1 hybrid. 2000.
Nekita – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden.
Nerva – Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden.
Ohken 75 – Breeder: Kyowas Seed. Vendor: Siegers Seed Co. Characteristics: club root tolerant Chinese cabbage; 75-day variety features good uniformity; barrel shaped. Resistance: tolerant to bolting, tip burn, and downy mildew. 1998.
Optika – Breeder: Seedway. Vendor: Bejo. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, Chinese cabbage type, barrel shaped, vigorous, Napa type. Resistance: tolerance to tipburn, bolting.
Prize Choy – Vendor: Johnny’s Selected Seeds.
T-652 – Breeder: Takii. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, Chinese cabbage type, slow bolting, upright, holds well. Resistance: virus, soft rot, alternaria; tolerance to some club root races.
Zen – Breeder: Seminis Vegetable Seeds. Vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Co. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: a cross between a chinese cabbage and an oriental green cultivar (not a geneticaly modified organism); heat resistant; vigorous growth year around and in any area, even in the summer; harvest 35 days after sowing; thick, green leaf; tender and soft like Komatsuha (Japanese spinach); moderately sweet like cabbage. Adaptation: U.S. 2001.
Zephyr (XPH 790) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early, high yielding. Similar: Early Hybrid G. Adaptation: wide. 1983.