Vegetable
Rodeo
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Rodeo is a hybrid red cabbage bred for uniform round heads, strong colour, and field performance—suited to commercial coleslaw and fresh market. Interior is tight purple; flavour is typical sweet-pepper cabbage. Stores reasonably in cold chain. Shred industrially or at home for slaws and braises. Reliability is the hybrid pitch. A modern production red cabbage.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Bagged SlawFermentFresh Market HeadPickle ShredWholesale Braise
Traits
Commercial SlawDeep PurpleField PerformanceHybridReliableStrong Purple ColourUniformUniform Hybrid Round
History
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European breeders released Rodeo-type red cabbage hybrids for wholesale.
Processors used uniform red hybrids like Rodeo for bagged slaw.
Rodeo appeared on commercial brassica variety lists.
Hybrid red cabbages of Rodeo class supplied supermarkets.