Patent ID: 8754288

Claim:
Method for the production of a pink Brassica oleracea var. capitata (cabbage) hybrid plant for use as a food product comprising the steps: a) pollinating a Brassica oleracea var. capitata (L) Alef. var. rubra DC plant with a Brassica oleracea var. capitata (L) Alef. var. alba DC plant, wherein the female plant is a plant of the male sterile white cabbage line WK989, seed of line WK989 having been deposited under NCIMB 41493, and the male parent is a plant of the red cabbage fertile line RK015, seed of line RK015 having been deposited under NCIMB 41492, b) harvesting F1 seeds resulting from the pollination step performed under step a), and c) sowing the F1 seeds obtained under b) and cultivating the resulting plants to produce mature plants, wherein the intercostal areas of the leaves of the produced cabbage have a colour ranging from 79C to N83D measured with reference to a colour patch of The Royal Horticulture Society Colour Chart.