Modruški zbornik, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2008.
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History of Ogulin Cabbage
Željko Kosanović
Sažetak
The Ogulin cabbage is a specific crop of this area. Centuries-old cultivation on sites whose climatic and pedological features differ from other sites made this variety of cabbage acquire special characteristics. That was one of the causes for proving its autochthony. For that reason the process of reselection of the Ogulin cabbage started about ten years ago in order to produce cabbage heads of the shape appropriate for packing whole sauerkraut heads, with maintaining, or even adding to their quality. The selection is being made by the Department of Vegetable Crops at the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb and the project has been co-financed by the town of Ogulin. The Ogulin cabbage has become the most famous product in the area due to its high quality. The cabbage producers supported the idea to ensure the protection of geographical indication and designation of origin of the cabbage as a recognisable product. Requirements for the protection include proving that the product has been produced on the specific site for a number of years, which this article aims to show. It also presents the development of agriculture in this area in the last several centuries. Emphasis is given to the last sixty years, that is, the period of market production of the Ogulin cabbage. Production of sauerkraut from fresh cabbage has resulted in a manifold increase in the fresh cabbage production. That also had an impact on the rise of the living standards in the area. Since the company »Mrežnica« from Salopek-Selo was the first one that started processing fresh cabbage the article gives a short account of its development, from the foundation to the present day. There are about ten companies in the Ogulin area that produce and pack sauerkraut. They have continued the tradition of production and sales of the Ogulin cabbage. The cabbage is expected soon to become the first protected indigenous crop in this area.
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79075
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Datum izdavanja:
1.1.2008.
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