228 BRASSICACEOUS PLANTS. 



The plants should be set three feet and a half apart in 

 each direction. 



Purple Bore- With the exception of its color, the Purple 

 RED BORECOLE. Borecole much resembles the Tall Green Curled. 



TALL PURPLE 



I BROW < KALK. D As tne leaves increase in size, they often change 

 to green ; but the veins still retain their purple hue. When 

 cooked, the color nearly or quite disappears. 



It is remarkably hardy, and is much cultivated in Ger- 

 many. 



Red Marrow- Stalk purplish red. four and a half or five 

 stem Bore- t r 



cole. feet high, and surmounted by a cluster of large, 



RED-STALKED 



KALK. fleshy leaves, on short, thick stems. The stalk 

 is much larger than that of the Green Marrow-stem, and 

 sometimes measures more than three inches in diameter. It 

 is cultivated in the same manner, and used for the same pur- 

 poses, as the last-named variety. 



Tall Green This variety, if unmixed, may be known by 

 Curled. J J J 



Thomp. its bright green, deeply lobed, and curled leaves. 



GR*EN E BolE A co L LE. * ts ne ig nt is two feet and a half and upwards. 



TALL GERMAN TT -. -. -. , . 



GREENS. Hardy and productive. 



The parts used are the crowns of the plants, and also the 

 tender side-shoots, which are produced in great abundance. 

 These boil well, and are sweet and delicate, especially after 

 frost, though the quality is impaired by protracted, dry, 

 freezing weather. 



Thousand- The Thousand-headed Borecole much resem- 

 headed Bore- 

 cole. Thomp, bles the Tree or Cow Cabbage, but is not so 



tall-growing. It sends out numerous side-shoots from the 

 main stem, and is perhaps preferable to the last-named sort. 

 It is chiefly valuable as an agricultural plant, and is occa- 



