Cauliflower, 'Prestige'

(Brassica oleracea) Overwintering Cauliflower is an amazing crop, fall-planted and requiring vernalization before heading in spring when there isn't much coming from the garden aside from greens. Historically, there have been several good open-pollinated varieties out there, but in the past decade, the couple of breeders in Europe who were actively involved in the crop decided to discontinue the majority of them in favor of developing hybrids. We went on a hunt several years ago and bought up all the remaining lots (many by the packet) of as many cultivars as we could find from little seed companies in the UK and Europe before they disappeared. Our good friends at Adaptive Seeds tipped us off to Prestige as their favorite variety in its class and shared the last of their seeds (we also found some in our search). Overwintering cauliflower tends to live a bit on the edge through our PNW winters, but Prestige showed about 80% survival through our very severe winter of 2016-17, down to 16F