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shoots, are tender and delicate, especially after having been 

 exposed to the action of frost. 



The plants may be set eighteen inches apart. 



Field Cab- Leaves sixteen to eighteen inches in length, 

 bage. ViL 

 FIELD KALE, FUU dark green, deeply lobed or lyrate, and hairy 



or hispid, on the nerves and borders. The 

 leaf-stems are nearly white. 



The variety produces small tufts, or collections of leaves, 

 which are excellent for fodder, and which may be cut several 

 times during the season. It is sometimes cultivated for 

 stock, but as a table vegetable is of little value. 



Flanders This is a sub-variety of the Tree-cabbage, 



Kale. Thomp. 



from which it is distinguished by the purplish 



color of its foliage. Its height is nearly the same, and the 

 plant has the same general appearance. It is, however, con- 

 sidered somewhat hardier. 



Green Mar- Stem green, about five feet high, clavate, or 



row-Stem 



Borecole. club-formed ; thickest at the top, where it meas- 

 ures nearly two inches and a half in diameter. 

 This stem, or stalk, is filled with a succulent pith, or marrow, 

 which is much relished by cattle ; and, for this quality, the 

 plant is sometimes cultivated. The leaves are large, and 

 nearly entire on the edges ; the leaf-stems are thick, short, 

 white, and fleshy. 



It is not so hardy as most of the other varieties. The 

 plants should be grown about three feet apart in one direc- 

 tion, by two feet or two feet and a half in the opposite. 



Lannilis Stem five feet high, thicker and shorter than 



LANNILIS TREE- that of the Cow or Tree Cabbage ; leaves long, 



CABBAGE. 



entire on the borders, pale green, thick, and 



