Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) is a member of family crucifereae. It is one of the prominent leafy vegetable crops used for salad and cooking. Cabbage is more nutritious than cauliflower and knol-khol; which contains vitamin-A (2000 IU), thiamine (0.06 mg), riboflavin (0.03 mg) and vitamin-C (124 mg) per 100 g edible part. It is rich in minerals like potassium (114 mg), phosphorus (44 mg), calcium (39 mg), sodium (14.1 mg) and iron (0.8 mg) per 100 g edible part (Jood and Neelam, 2011). India ranks second in area and production of cabbage in the world after China. It is grown in 435.9 thousand hectare with production of 8573.3 thousand metric tonnes and productivity of 19.8 metric tons per hectare in India. The major cabbage growing states are Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. In Madhya Pradesh, it is grown in 25.1 thousand hectare with a production of 70.38 thousand metric tons and highest productivity of 28.1 metric tonnes per hectare (NHB, 2020). Cabbage needs nitrogen in optimum amount and excessive amount may cause loose head formation and internal decay; if nitrogen is not adequate amount it would not form heads (Verma and Nawange, 2015). Phosphorus is an important constituent of living and enters in the composition of phospholipids, nucleic acids, nucleoprotein and coenzymes. Potassium involves in carbohydrates metabolism, enzyme activation, nitrogen uptakes, protein synthesis and translocation of accumulates and improve quality (Singh et al., 2004). Potassium increased vigour and disease resistance in plant. It also regulates water loss from the plant by maintaining the balance between anabolism, respiration and transpiration. Thus, it reduces the tendency to wilt and help in better utilization of available water, which ultimately helps in the formation of protein and chlorophyll and improve the quality of cabbage head in relation to taste and keeping quality (Sharma, 2016 and Neethu et al., 2015). MATERIALS AND METHODS Conducted a field experiment at the Vegetable Research Field, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh during the rabi season of 2016-17 under the edaphic and climatic conditions of Mandsaur. The topography of the field was uniform with proper drainage. The soil was light alluvial, light alkaline (pH 7.8), low available nitrogen (207.2 kg/ha), medium available phosphorus (19.75 kg/ha) and high available potassium (448 kg/ha). The experiment consisted two varieties (V1-Golden Acre & V2-Pusa Drumhead) and six nutrient levels (N1-75:50:60 kg NPK/ha, V2-75:75:60 kg NPK/ha, V3-100:50:60 kg NPK/ha, V4-100:75:60 kg NPK/ha, V5-125: 50:60 kg NPK/ha & V6-125:75:60 kg NPK/ha) laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications. A uniform dose of nutrient was applied through urea, DAP and muriate of potash. Half dose of nitrogen and full dose of phosphorus and potash were applied as basal dose; while the rest dose of nitrogen was given at 20 days after transplanting. Other intercultural operations and crop management practices were carried out in accordance with the recommended package of practices. The studied for selected attributes by using five plants in randomized manner. All data were statistically analyzed using the F-test procedure given by Panse and Sukhatme (1985). The difference between treatment means were compared with the critical differences (CD) at 5% level of probability (P=0.05). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A. Growth Parameters Varieties. Significantly maximum values of plant height (34.33 cm), number of leaves per plant (16.30), dry weight of plant (380.63 g) and days to 50% head maturity (87.68 days) were observed in cabbage variety Pusa Drumhead compared to Golden Acre (29.97 cm, 14.77, 165.18 g and 69.05 days; respectively) (Table 1). The observed differences in growth parameters of cultivars are mainly due to the nature of genotype. Similar findings have been also found by Yaday et al. (2013) in cauliflower, Gabhale et al. (2014) in cauliflower, Giri et al. (2013); Zaki et al. (2015) in broccoli, Haque (2015) in cabbage, EI- Bassiony et al. (2014); Chaudhari et al. (2015). Nutrient levels. Significantly higher values of plant height (36.97 cm), number of leaves per plant (18.56), dry weight of plant (410.57 g) and days 50% head maturity (87.06 days) were recorded by the application of nutrient level N6 (NPK-125:75:60 kg/ha) followed by N5, N4, N3 & N2 and least in N1 (NPK-75:50:60 kg/ha) (28.63 cm, 13.18, 155.18 g and 72.33 days; respectively) (Table 1). The maximum growth under higher supply of nitrogen might be due to increasing the photosynthetic and assimilation rates; which lead to increase in the plant height of cabbage. These findings are in agreement with Kumari et al. (2015); Verma and Nawange (2015); Akand et al. (2015) in cabbage. The increased number of leaves per plant may be due to balanced fertilization of the crop. Similar results have been reported by Shree et al. (2014) in cauliflower, Mishra et al. (2014); Dadhich et al. (2015) in knolkhol. Delay in head initiation as a result of lower dose of fertility level might have increased the days to 50% head maturity. Similar results have also been reported by Mankar et al. (2015) in cabbage, Shree et al. (2014) in cauliflower. B. Yield Parameters and Yield Varieties. Maximum values of head length (15.11 cm), head breadth (25.94 cm) and total head yield (475.28 q/ha) were measured significantly under variety Pusa Drumhead over variety Golden Acre (13.28 cm, 14.49 cm and 321.03 q/ha; respectively) (Table 1 & 2). The observed difference in head length of cultivars may be due to the genotypes. These results are also reported by Singh et al. (2015) in cauliflower. Nutrient levels. Higher values of head length (17.34 cm), head breadth (23.94 cm) and total head yield (518.14 q/ha) were recorded with nutrient level N6 (NPK-125:75:60 kg/ha) followed by N5, N4, N3 and N2; while minimum values (11.87 cm, 17.18 cm and 309.63 q/ha; respectively) were observed under nutrient level N1 (NPK-75:50:60 kg/ha) (Table 1 & 2). The increased supply of nitrogen might have accelerated synthesis of chlorophyll and amino acids and effective utilization of carbohydrates and other organic factors might have resulted in enlargement of head. These findings are in agreement with Verma and Nawange (2015) in cabbage, Yanglem and Tumbare (2014) in cauliflower. It is a fact that the presence of all the three major elements in a suitable combination enhanced the vegetative growth of the plants. Similar results have been reported by Mankar et al. (2015) in cabbage, Singh et al. (2015) in broccoli. This might have been due to better availability of metabolic and auxin activities of plant and resulted in increased fresh weight of leaves and head and total head yield per plant and per hectare. These findings are in close conformity to Kumari et al. (2015); Mankar et al. (2015) in cabbage, Verma and Nawange (2015). C. Quality Parameters Variety. Maximum values of protein content (16.03%) and ascorbic acid content (25.44 mg/100 g) were determined with variety Pusa Drumhead; while minimum values (14.95% and 22.98 mg/100 g) were noted in variety Golden Acre (Table 2). It could be attributed to the genetic makeup of varieties. These results have parity with Zaki et al. (2015) in broccoli. Nutrient levels. Higher values of protein content (18.01%) and ascorbic acid content (28.39 mg/100 g) were recorded with nutrient level N6 (NPK-125:75:60 kg/ha) followed by N5, N4, N3 and N2; while minimum values (13.56% and 21.18 mg/100 g; respectively) were observed under N1 (NPK-75:50:60 kg/ha) (Table 2). These findings are in agreement with those of Verma and Nawange (2015) in cabbage, Kumari et al. (2015) and Mankar et al. (2015) in cabbage. D. Economics Higher value of gross income (Rs.237639.74/ha) and B:C ratio (3.59) were found with Pusa Drumhead; which was significantly superior over variety Golden Acre (Table 2). Maximum values of gross income (Rs. 259071.48/ha) and B:C ratio (3.92) were found with nutrient level N6 (NPK-125:75:60 kg/ha); while minimum values (Rs. 154813.35/ha and 2.05) were recorded under N1 (NPK-75:50:60 kg/ha) (Table 2). Under combination of treatments; highest values of gross income (Rs. 325181.93/ha) and B:C ratio (5.18) were observed in Pusa Drumhead × NPK-125:75:60 kg/ha, while lowest values (Rs. 134443.10/ha and 1.65) were registered under Golden Acre × NPK-75:50:60 kg/ha treatment combination. Similar results were also reported by Haque et al. (2015) in cabbage.