Purplish leaves and globes with mild turnip-cabbage flavor. Leaves are eaten like kale and white-fleshed bulbs are eaten like broccoli. Plants grow to 18" tall, with globes growing above the soil. Purple skin and sweet, white flesh; good cooked or raw. A pre-1860 heirloom. Space plants 6"-8" apart. Harvest when "bulbs" are 3" across. or the size of a tennis ball.