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Source: WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 8/30/16
Years ago, on a day in early February, I visited a French garden that was empty, aside from one astonishing crop. It was the first time I'd ever seen purple Brussels sprouts, and they were a very deep wine color, on tall, gangly stalks.The Brussels sprout is a member of the cabbage family, and the little spheres that form on its tall stems are, in fact, tiny versions of the usual large, single-head cabbage that we cut closer to soil level. For more of this story, click here.
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