Cabbage

Most of the Sto Plains is sown to cabbage, the main source of food on the Plains. To the stolid hard-working farming community, this is a source of pride.

During the events of Going Postal, Moist von Lipwig and Stanley Howler were not slow to capitalise on this by bringing out a range of commemorative stamps, one of which, the Cabbage Green, is entirely made from cabbage-derived material and prone to spontaneous combustion.

History

Cabbages are believed to have originated in the Agatean Empire, where it was considered a compliment to the host to break wind loudly after a meal. From there, cabbages were brought across the Hub and found their way down to the Sto Plains. In the "Burpy", a small, dark cabbage, can probably be seen the Agatean original.

The splendour of a crop is often the judge of a farm and family's diligence, and the endless nature of this is noted in a famous song:

Cabbages in my garden grow,

Cabbages in the fields do show,

I must get out there with my hoe,

Diligently tilling, row on row,

But rather to the pub will go.

Varieties

There are over 300 different varieties of cabbage, some of which are listed below:

• Autumn Reliant
• Big Hearted Arthur
• Blue Bolter
• Burly Bolter
• Burpy
• Choi Champion
• Helit Prize
• Jolly Giant
• The Kendle Green
• King's Snivel
• Micklegreens Juicy
• Morning Glory
• Offle King
• Old Anchor
• Porraceous Sprouter
• Red Whammy
• Rumptuous Javelin
• Savoloy Special
• Scentless Mute
• Schweinfart Emperor
• Spring Pouncer
• Sto Leafy
• Sto Red
• Sto Stalker
• Sto Stout
• Sto Whopper
• Titan Iceberg

The varieties Old Anchor and Red Whammy were originally cultivated for use in cabbage duels, the first recorded one taking place in the Year of the Pensive Frog. This event, once popular with the gentry of the Plains, has now all but died out.

Also see

• Big Cabbage
• Makepeace Thomas Bounder