Calabrese Broccoli
Calabrese Broccoli is the original Italian broccoli — the variety that gave rise to all the others — and it remains one of the best for flavor, producing large, tightly beaded, deep blue-green heads with a nutty, slightly sweet taste that stands apart from modern hybrid varieties. After the main head is cut, the plant sends up tender side shoots for weeks of continued harvest, making it one of the most productive brassicas in the cool-season garden.