VEGETABLES 99 



the apex. Old, tough, unshapely, irregular fruits, of a 

 pale or yellowish skin, and with long neck and nose, 

 are faulty. 



Carrots. (See Tap-roots.) 



Eschallots. There are two kinds, the cluster-growing 

 and the Russian red. Show the latter as single bulbs, 

 the other in clusters as grown. Uniformity in the 

 clusters and in the bulbs, with firmness and clearness 

 of skin, are merits. Unevenness and bad colour or 

 shrivelling are defects. 



Endive. Hearts stout, crisp, tender, and well-blanched. 

 Defects are coarseness, greenness, looseness. 



Kale. The plants must be stout and fresh, well 

 clothed, of good size, and succulent. Faults are 

 coarse leafage, lankiness, toughness. 



Leeks. Stems thick, uniform, blanched to the crown, 

 firm, clear, white-skinned and spotless are meritorious. 

 Defects are thinness, softness, discoloration, bulbous 

 base with tapering stems. 



Lettuces, Cos, and Cabbage. Heads firm, fresh, crisp, 

 with tender, juicy leaves and with no visible flower 

 stems are good. Faults are heads that are loose and 

 soft, with tough, lengthy leaves, or are bursting and 

 pushing a flower head. 



Mushrooms. Large or medium size, rounded, fresh, 

 firm, brittle when broken, with gills pink or pinkish 

 brown and edge unbroken, and the pileus or skin of a 

 clean biscuit or whitish colour, meritorious. Faults 

 are over size, flatness, with unclean skin and black 

 or very dark gills. 



Onions. The best are those of good even size, about 

 two Ibs. weight, firm, sound, and clean, with bright clear 

 skins and thin necks. Defective bulbs are large, thick- 

 necked, soft, and maggoty. 



Peas. Pods of good size, fresh, green, and well filled 

 with tender peas are meritorious. Defective ones are 



