Definition of "calabrese"

Jean Bean was responsible for the twenty comical characters protecting transplanted cabbages, cauliflowers and calabreses.

2007, Gregory Holyoake, Scarecrows, page 171

Although most people don't make much distinction between calabrese and broccoli, gardeners need to know the difference. Calabrese is a quick-growing crop, usually maturing in three or four months, and the plants aren't frost hardy.

2010, Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies

Sow calabrese indoors.

2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies

Some things I'm prepared to persevere with but my patience has an elastic limit and with calabrese it snapped.

2015, Mark Diacono, The New Kitchen Garden