• Cabbage Production and Value
• Leading Cabbage-Producing Counties --- 1996-97
• Cabbage Facts

Crate = 50 pounds
*Source: Florida Agricultural Statistics Service

Cabbage Facts

• There is historical and botanical evidence that cabbage has been in cultivation for more than 4,000 years. Evidence points to the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor as the places of origin. The Celts of Central and Western Europe had much to do with the distribution and popularization of cabbage as a food plant. Cabbage was first introduced into the Americas in 1541-42 by Jacques Cartier, who planted it in Canada on his third voyage.
• Florida cabbage yield, production and value increased for a record cash value of $42.7 million in 1996-97.
• Manatee remains the leading cabbage-producing county in the state, by a slight margin, producing about 23 percent of the 1996-97 crop.