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Listen: The World ProgramRalph O'Brien cutting down a cabbage palm to make swamp cabbage - Tampa, Florida.
Image Number
FS821983
Photographer
DeVane, Dwight, Collector.
Date
1982
Date Note
Photographed in November 1982.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1577, Folk Arts in the Schools-Tampa/Hillsborough ; no 15
Series 1577, Folk Arts in the Schools-Tampa/Hillsborough ; no 15
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 slide - col.
General Note
Swamp cabbage is an old-time Florida cracker favorite vegetable obtained from the heart of the cabbage palm, which is the official state tree of Florida. The plant is known by such other names as palmetto palm, sabal palm, and swamp cabbage tree.
Ralph O'Brien cutting down a cabbage palm to make swamp cabbage - Tampa, Florida.
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