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Coleworts is a linguistic variation of collards, Brassica oleracea var.
acephala (this variation covers all of the headless cabbages such as
collards, kale, kohlrabi, etc.).  Collards and kale are about the closest
cabbages to the sea kale (Crambe maratima) which is believed to be ancestor
of all modern cabbages.  

Sea kale is still grown, so if you really want to go into a breeding
project, you might want to get some and breed for the variant you desire.

BTW, most of the Brassicas are not hybrids but variants, being all the same
species (oleracea) but having been selectively bred for specific traits.
Hybrids are generally created by inter-species crossbreeding.   

Bear


> This is my current "BIG project". What you are looking for is COLEWORTS.
> I have several pictures of this plant, in manuscripts and woodcuts. But,
> it
> has
> been replaced by the hybrid Brassicas we are familiar with today. As far
> as 
> my research has gone, crossing a loose leafed cabbage and mustard greens
> should get me back to something very close to coleworts. This is going to
> take
> a
> few years, but if/when I am successful, I'll let anybody in the SCA have
> seeds
> for free.
> 
> Just a gardening fool, 
> Percival
> 
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