BORECOLE, OR KALE. 229 



sionally grown in gardens on account of its great hardiness ; 

 but it is inferior in flavor to all other varieties. 



This is a sub-variety of the Purple Borecole, Variegated 



Borecole, 

 growing about a foot and a half high. The Thomp. 



VARIEGATED 



leaves vary much in size, and are lobed and ^^'c^^f^' 

 finely curled. They are also beautifully varie- 

 gated, sometimes with green and yellowish white, or green 

 and purple, and sometimes with bright red and green. 



It is frequently grown as an ornamental plant, is occasion- 

 ally employed for garnishing, and is sometimes put into 

 bouquets. It is very good cooked after frost, but is not quite 

 so hardy as the Purple Borecole. 



A variety of the Common Cockscomb Kale, Variegated 



Cockscomb 

 with the leaves more or less variegated with Kale. 



purple and white. It is not of much value as an esculent. 



This is a tall variety of the Purple Borecole, Woburn Per- 

 ennial Kale, 

 with foliage very finely divided or fringed. Thomp. 



The plant lasts many years, and may be propagated by cut- 

 tings, as it neither flowers readily nor perfects well its seeds. 

 Its produce is stated to have been more than four times 

 greater than that of either the Green or Purple Borecole on 

 the same extent of ground. The weight of produce from 

 ten square yards was a hundred and forty-four pounds ten 

 ounces ; but some of the large kinds of Cabbages and Savoys 

 will exceed this considerably, and prove of better quality. 

 The Woburn Perennial Kale can therefore only be recom- 

 mended where the climate is too severe for the more tender 

 kinds of the Cabbage tribe. 

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