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This variety, in common with a few others, is sometimes 

 cut in considerable quantities by market-gardeners previous 

 to heavy frost, and preserved in cellars for the supply of the 

 market. 



Head pure white, scarcely distinguishable Progmore 



Protecting, 

 from the finest Cauliflower ; size large, when ffov. Mag. 



well formed, measuring from seven to nine inches in di- 

 ameter. 



A recently introduced sort, promising to be one of the 

 best. The plants are extremely hardy and vigorous, and 

 rarely fail to develop a large and fine head, having a rich, 

 curdy appearance, and, as before observed, similar to a well- 

 grown Cauliflower. It is of dwarf growth ; and the outer 

 leaves, closing over the large head of flowers, protect it from 

 the action of severe weather. 



A fine, white, early autumn variety, much Gillespie's 



Broccoli, 

 grown about Edinburgh. Thomp. 



This is an old variety, and, when pure, still Grange's Ear- 

 J ly Cauliflow- 



stands in high estimation, having a head near- er Broccoli. 



j\Idnt * 



ly as large and as white as a Cauliflower. The GRANGE'S EARLY 



WHITE. Hop- 



leaf-stems are long and naked ; the leaves are wihSS E M* L I 



somewhat ovate, lobed at the base, slightly 



waved, and, incurving a little over the flower, 



defend it from the frost and wet. It is not a large grower ; 



and, being upright in habit, may be grown at two feet 



distant. 



Hardy, and well deserving of cultivation. The London 

 market-gardeners cultivate four varieties, of which this is 

 the principal. 



Leaves long and narrow ; the veins and mid- Green Cape. 



Tliomp. 



