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BRAS SIC ACEOUS PLANTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



BRASSICACEOUS PLANTS. 



Borecole, or Kale. Broccoli. Brussels Sprouts. Cabbage. Cauliflower. 

 Colewort. Couvc Tronchuda, or Portugal Cabbage. Kohl Rabi. Pak- 

 Choi. Pe-Tsai, or Chinese Cabbage. Savoy. Sea-kale. 



BORECOLE, OR KALE. 

 Brassica oleracea sabellica. 



OST of the Borecoles or Kales are either 

 annuals or biennials. As a class they form 

 neither heads as the Common Cabbage, nor 

 eatable flowers like the Broccoli and Cauli- 

 flower. Some of the varieties attain a height 

 of six or seven feet ; but while a few are compact and sym- 

 metrical in their manner of growth, and of good quality 

 for table use, many are " ill-colored, coarse, rambling- 

 growing, and comparatively unpalatable and indigestible." 

 Propagation and Culture. They are propagated from 

 seeds, which, in size, form, and color, resemble those of 

 the Cabbage, and which are sown at the time of sowing 

 the seeds of the Cabbage or Cauliflower, and in the same 

 manner. Early plants may be started in a hot-bed, or the 

 seeds may be sown in the open ground in April or May. 

 In transplanting, treat the plants like young cabbages, set- 

 ting them more or less remote, according to the size or habit 

 of the variety. 



Though they are extremely hardy, and will endure quite a 



