440 KEPORT ON THE VAEIETIES OF KALE. 



Csesarean Kale . . . . Cooper & Bolton. 



Chou Cavalier . .... Vilmorin & Co. 



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This is the Cow Cabbage, or Tree Cabbage, as it is sometimes 

 called. The plant is 4 feet high, clothed with long broad glaucous 

 green leaves, having long footstalks. In spring it thro\>'s out a 

 great many long slender shoots of a very coarse description. It is 

 very hardy, but quite unfit for use as a garden vegetable, being 

 more adapted for cattle. 



Chou branchu de Poitou . . . Vilmorin & Co. 



There does not appear to be a great difference between this and 

 the Cow Cabbage. It may not be quite so tall, and not so robust 

 in its growth, but in every other respect there is no difference. 



Chou caulet de Flandres . , . Vilhorin & Co. 



The habit of growth and general appearance of the variety is 

 exactly the same as in the Caesarean, or Cow, Cabbage, except 

 that the whole plant has a purple tinge. It is, in fact, a purple 

 form of the Cow Cabbage. The stalks, midribs, and veins of the 

 leaves are tinged with purple ; and in the spring it throws out 

 long purple shoots, 1 J foot in length ; but the produce is small, 

 and the sort, though hardy, is not worth growing, being a tall, 

 ^gly» coarse-growing plant. 



Chou Faucher .... Vilmortx & Co. 



This very closely resembles the Buda Kale, and is of a paler 

 green and dwarfer. It has a very short thick stem, about 

 6 inches high, and throws out long shoots from its whole surface 

 close to the ground. The shoots are more slender than those of 

 Egyptian and Buda Kales. It is very hardy. 



Chou Frise de Naples . . . Vilmorin & Co. 



The distinguishing character of this variety is its swollen stalk, 

 which resembles that of Kohl Rahi ; the leaves are curled, but 

 not like the leaves of Curled Kale. They resemble more those 

 of the curled mallow, the disc being flat, and the edges plaited 

 and serrated. 



Lannilis 



Vilmorin & Co. 

 Moellier. 



the same height, produces the same foliage, and differs merely in 

 not having so weak and fleshy a stem. 



