Napa cabbage choy (from the Cantonese name, ), and celery cabbage. In the United Kingdom this vegetable is known as Chinese leaf, in New Zealand as wong bok or won bok, and in the Philippines as wombok or pechay baguio. The name wombok is also used in Australia. Another name used in English is petsai or pe-tsai. In Russia it's called pekinskaya kapusta (), literally "Peking cabbage". The first notation of Napa cabbage cultivation date from the 15th Century in the Yangtze River region in China. Then it spread to Korea and Japan. Beginning in the 19th Century with the Chinese diaspora,
Edward Bok listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. Bok is used as an example in Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Bok died on January 9, 1930 in Lake Wales, Florida within sight of his beloved Singing Tower. Two of his grandsons are Derek Bok and Gordon Bok. In 1895, Bok began publishing in "Ladies Home Journal" plans for building houses which were affordable for the American middle class – from $1,500 to $5,000 – and made full specifications with regional prices available by mail for $5. Later, Bok and the "Journal"