blueeyes said:Thanks all for your help. I guess my dad did taste it, and he said it was like a cross between lettuce and cabbage. The leaves are dark green, not fuzzy but there are little bitty spines on the backs along the veins. I guess we'll leave it a little longer and see if a head forms.
Well, since it had no "mustard" flavor, that rules out many Asian Brassicas except Bok Choy and Chinese cabbage. I want to say that it is unusual for those, but they are so variable that if some breeder wanted to develop a dark, thick, wrinkled form with spines on the veins, it wouldn't have been too hard.
Here's the most unusual one I have seeds for, but I haven't grown it out yet:
'Chirimen Hakusai'
Chinese Cabbage Loose Head Type B. rapa Pekinensis?
OP 50 days 12" tall
old Japanese variety,
crepe textured light green leaves
salad or stir-fry
sow spring or fall or mild summers
sow ½"-¾" deep thin to 5"
Kitazawa #212
So I went hunting for images, and WHO SAYS "light green"?
Some of the images also seemed wrinkly and semi-headed.
The first photo seemed somewhat like yours.
https://www.google.com/search?...
