It took him 30 years of hard work, but Geneva resident Michael Dickson's dream has finally paid off: his yellow cauliflower will be hitting store shelves later this year.

"It's another variant farmers can grow and at this point it will probably sell a little better because it's new and looks attractive," he said. "The color stays well after cooking too. I think it will be quite popular. We did test marketing several years ago and it was quite well received," Dickson told the Associated Press.

"We had hybrid cabbage, but cauliflower is a different kettle of fish," Dickson told the AP, who retired in 1995. "If you don't have the right parents, you don't necessarily get a nice color, you get a pale, pukey color."

After all that hard work, expect the yellow cauliflowers to be available at Food Barn and Joe's Ranch Market on Broadway later this year.