Editing Cauliflower (section)

=== Colors ===
*White cauliflower is the most common color of cauliflower, having a contrasting white head (also called "curd", having a similar appearance to [[cheese curd]]),<ref name="ume">{{cite web |author=Vincent A. Fritz |author2=Carl J. Rosen |author3=Michelle A. Grabowski |author4=William D. Hutchison |author5=Roger L. Becker |author6=Cindy Tong |author7=Jerry A. Wright |author8=Terry T. Nennich |date=2017 |title=Growing broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower in Minnesota |url=http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/vegetables/growing-broccoli-cabbage-and-cauliflower-in-minnesota/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227153004/http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/vegetables/growing-broccoli-cabbage-and-cauliflower-in-minnesota/ |archive-date=27 February 2017 |access-date=26 February 2017 |publisher=University of Minnesota Extension, Garden – Growing Vegetables}}</ref> surrounded by green leaves.<ref name="ume" />
*Orange cauliflower contains [[beta-carotene]] as the orange pigment, a [[provitamin A]] compound. This orange trait originated from a natural [[mutant]] found in a cauliflower field in Canada.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Dickson, M.H. |author2=Lee C.Y. |author3=Blamble A.E. |year=1988 |title=Orange-curd high carotene cauliflower inbreds, NY 156, NY 163, and NY 165 |journal=HortScience |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=778–779 |doi=10.21273/HORTSCI.23.4.778 |s2cid=88716744 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Cultivars include 'Cheddar' and 'Orange Bouquet'.
*Green cauliflower in the'' B. oleracea'' Botrytis Group is sometimes called [[broccoflower]]. It is available in the normal curd (head) shape and with a [[fractal]] spiral curd called [[Romanesco broccoli]]. Both have been commercially available in the U.S. and Europe since the early 1990s. Green-headed varieties include 'Alverda, 'Green Goddess', and 'Vorda'. Romanesco varieties include 'Minaret' and 'Veronica'.
*The purple color is caused by the presence of [[anthocyanin]]s, water-soluble pigments that are found in many other plants and plant-based products, such as [[red cabbage]] and [[red wine]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Chiu, L. |author2=Prior, R.L. |author3=Wu, X. |author4=Li, L. |date=16 July 2005 |title=Toward Identification of the Candidate Gene Controlling Anthocyanin Accumulation in Purple Cauliflower (''Brassica oleracea L.'' var. ''botrytis'') |url=http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=179842 |publisher=American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting |page=628}}</ref> Varieties include 'Graffiti' and 'Purple Cape'.

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File:Cauliflower broccoflower.jpg|White and green cauliflower
File:Cauliflower romanesco.JPG|Green [[Romanesco cauliflower]]
File:7367-Brassica oleracea var. botrytis.JPG|Orange cauliflower
File:Purplec.png|Purple cauliflower
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