Red Russian Kale
Heirloom variety: Red Russian
- Taste
- Sweet and tender for a kale, with flat, frilled leaves and purple stems; mellows after frost.
- In season (Fayette, zone 6b)
- May – June, September – December
- Good source of
- Vitamin K
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin A
- Calcium
- Fiber
An heirloom kale with soft, oak-leaf-shaped greens and violet stems — far more tender than the curly types, and sweeter. Young leaves are excellent raw in a massaged salad. Like all kale it turns noticeably sweeter after the first light frosts of fall.