A head of solid green cabbage that is available at your local supermarket is the best variety to use when making cabbage soup. You could use red cabbage but it will not be as attractive as the green variety. Napa cabbage would not be a good choice.
It is a variety of wild cabbage.
cabbage
Cabbage
Broccoli is in the cabbage family.
For more cabbage recipes I suggest eatingwell.com. They have a variety of recipes, that are very much diffeent from boiled cabbage and coleslaw. They also have pictures of each recipe when complete.
Sugar loaf is a variety of cabbage that can be eaten by anyone. It can and is also eaten by insects and used by butterflies to lay their eggs on.
kohlrabi
Cabbage, potatoes and a great variety of sausages.
Spitzkraut is a variety of white cabbage, harvested in Germany earlier in spring. It is used for Sauerkraut.
Primarily hay and forage plus a variety of root vegetables and cabbage.
Spitzkraut is a variety of white cabbage, harvested in Germany earlier in spring. It is used for Sauerkraut.