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VALUABLE NEW VEGETABLES. 



the table; and certainly, no vegetable in 

 winter can be compared with them.* 



It may be remarked, that any late cau- 

 liflower may be treated in this way ; but 

 we have never found any to flower so uni- 

 formly, or to have so delicate and succulent 

 a flavor in winter as the Walcheren. 



The Early and Late Walcheren Broc- 

 coli are also very superior, hardy new va- 

 rieties of this excellent and too little culti- 

 vated vegetable. They may be grown in 

 soils where the cauliflower does not suc- 

 ceed. 



The Portugal Cabbage, — {Couve tron- 

 chuda,) noticed in our first volume, is one of 

 the most delicious of all the cabbage tribe. 

 It is, as yet, scarcely known or cultivated 

 in this country, but needs only to be seen 

 and tasted to become universally popular. 

 Even the stout leaf-stalks, when boiled, are 

 nearly as good as sea-kale. But the heart 

 is the part chiefly used ; and cooked in the 

 same way, is nearly or quite as delicate as 

 the best cauliflower, having none of the 

 coarseness and strong flavor of the cabbage 

 tribe. It may, like the cabbage, be grown 

 as an early or a late vegetable ; but it is 

 most valuable when sown in May, and kept 

 for use during the autumn and winter. 

 There are two varieties; one large, and the 

 other dwarf. The former, (the only one, 

 we believe, yet introduced,) grows large, 

 and the plants should be set three or four 

 feet apart. The latter takes much less 

 space, and is said to be superior in flavor. 



Bassano Beet. — Certainly the earliest, 

 sweetest, most tender and delicate of all 

 beets. We have cultivated it for three or 

 four years ; and last year, planted it for 

 trial in the same soil with half a dozen of 

 the most noted early varieties, and found it 

 to exceed, in earliness and flavor, all others. 

 The root is oval, (long-turnip rooted,) in 



• The cellar was aired freely on all fine, mild days. 



colour a pale red, and it is fit for use 

 ten days sooner than the Early Blood 

 Beet. 



Turtle Soup Bean. — We received for 

 trial, last spring, a package of dwarf beans, 

 bearing this name, from Messrs. Thorbxtrn 

 & Co., New-York. It proved to be the 

 best snap, or string-bean that we have yet 

 cultivated — as a general crop for family 

 use. Its superiority over the ordinary bush- 

 beans consists in the tenderness and excel- 

 lent flavor of its pods, and the long time 

 which they continue fit for use, — certainly 

 three times as long as those of the common 

 dwarf beans. Where only one variety of 

 dwarf bean is cultivated, we would recom- 

 mend this variety as decidedly preferable 

 to the old sorts ; and it bears abundant 

 crops on dry soils, where several others fail. 

 It is said to have its name from the supe- 

 rior flavor of the ripened beans in soup. 

 We have not used them in this way, and 

 cannot therefore speak on this point. 



Waite's Queen of Dwarf Pea. — This 

 is, just now, the favorite very early pea in 

 England ; and we observe that it is adver- 

 tised by the leading seedsmen in this coun- 

 try. From a small quantity, grown last 

 season, we should think it likely to prove 

 deserving of its foreign reputation. 



The Cedo Nulli Pea is still our favor- 

 ite, as the best and earliest dwarf pea yet 

 well known and proved in this country. 

 It bears abundant crops, requires very little 

 space, is fit for gathering several days be- 

 fore the Early Frame, and is of excellent 

 quality. 



Darling's Early Sweet Corn. — Those 

 who know, experimentally, how superior 

 the sweet corn is in a green state to all 

 others, for table use, will be glad to know 

 that this variety, (originated by the late 

 Judge Darling of Conn.,) will enable them 

 to have it upon their tables long before the 



