PERICICH, PETER

King of Kapusa

Recent article in the San Francisco Examiner sent to us by Frank Forencich tells of Peter Pericich who brought a 6-inch cabbage plant from Split, Dalmatia, Croatia and planted it in his yard in the Excelsior district of San Francisco, California.

That's a lot of cabbage. From 6 inches to 19 1/2 feet! Peter's secret is he gives it a glass of homemade wine each week, buries cabbage leaves near the roots and plants garlic around the stalk. Result--- family, friends, and neighbors will be enjoying cabbage dishes for months and months to come. He was pictured on a 16-foot ladder, supported by his wife, picking cabbage leaves. That's a lot of "Kupus".

SMBS Oct 1994