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Brassica ‘Bicolor Crane’

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Trial: Annual

Years Trialed: 2006

Good Qualities

This flowering kale developed a nice bicolor (rose center surrounded by white and outer white green leaves) “flower”, the stem length was great and the heads not too large, combined with broom corn and celosia, made nice fall bouquets, good customer acceptance; Can be harvested before full colouring happens, is an excellent substitute for ‘White Crane’, I prefer the colouring of ‘Bi-Color’ – the magenta centre is more pronounced – however, the growth habit of ‘White Crane’ is more upright – which is desirable, if spaced further apart, or if main stem is damged, sideshoots will grow and can be harvested; Strong, sturdy plants, no disease or insect damage in a year of record disease; Vigorous, nicely shaped/spaced, able to cut for over one month; It’s beautiful when properly grown – does not fit into my growing operation- too fussy?; Very cool color tones, eye catching; We would like to add this flower to our variety list but I have so much damage from quail, rabbit, etc., that I had no saleable flowers.

Problems

Worms (3); Careful monitoring and spraying with Bt solved that problem – had flea beetles at one point but that took care of itself in a few days, some plants did not form “flowers” but formed cabbage heads so only about ~80% were harvestable as “flowers”, one plant self pinched early in the growing season and made three “flower” heads on one plant, harvested it as one stem and combined with other flowers for an interesting bouquet; Same as cabbage – flea beetle, cabbage looper, black lice, but, can be treated organically if diligent – we recommend preventative spraying; Unable to get any color variation when planted in early spring; Too many problems with pests when field grown; Stem length was not as long as I had hoped, perhaps due to planting time (coastal Zone 9); I would have to grow this in a hoophouse to get saleable flowers.

Similar Cultivars

Other cut flower kale and cabbage; ‘White Crane’.

Postharvest

Long lasting; They will last for a very long time in cool temperatures – like in late autumn outdoor arrangements, above 23C/74F they soon begin to smell like cabbage!

Comments

One customer at the farmers market thought the “flower” was ceramic and was not convinced it was real until I talked her into feeling the plant; I have yet to begin harvesting, as it is just starting to color (Zone 3); This is an odd crop that is taking some getting used to for our customers, though I really liked it myself.; One designer we work with really liked it, but no one bought it at market, I sold the stems unstripped to one person who used all the leaves in a clear vase with lemons, harlequin bugs got real bad on them, I was able to keep cabbage worms off with Entrust.

Trial Data

Brassica ‘Bicolor Crane’
Plants flowering (%) Plants dead at end of summer (%) Yield (stems/plant) Stem Length (inches) Market Appreciation Rating¹ Repeat Again Rating¹ Ease of Cultivation Rating¹
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 1.0 20.0 4.0 3.8 4.3 3.7 88.3 13.0
Range of Responses 1 19-22 4 2-5 4-5 3-4 64-120 11-14
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.

Supplier

American Takii
301 Natividad Rd.
Salinas, CA 93906

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