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rounding the head. The veins and midribs are stained with 

 purple. The head is exposed to view in growing ; and, as 

 it enlarges, the projecting parts of the flower show a green- 

 ish-white mixed with the purple color. When boiled, the 

 whole flower becomes green. 



Excellent for general culture, as it is not only one of the 

 finest varieties for the table, but the plants form their heads 

 much more generally than many other kinds. It is the 

 earliest of the Purple Broccolis. 



The seeds should not be sown before the middle or last of 

 May, and the plants will require a space of two feet and a 

 half in each direction. 



Beading A remarkably large, white-flowered variety, 



GHLucrt* 



recently introduced by Messrs. Button and Sons 



of the Royal Berkshire Seed Establishment, Reading, Eng. 

 It is described as sometimes attaining a weight of seventeen 

 pounds, and measuring, when divested of foliage, four feet 

 in circumference. Though somewhat coarse, and wanting 

 in compactness, it is quite free from fibre, and as tender and 

 delicate as many of the smaller and close-flowered Broccolis. 



Snow's Su- This variety is of dwarfish habit. The 

 perb "White . 

 Winter. leaves are broad, with short stems ; the heads 



Thomp. 



are large, white, compact, well protected by 



the incurved leaves, and equal in quality to 

 those of the Cauliflower. By many it is considered superior 

 to Grange's Early Cauliflower Broccoli. 



Snow's Spring Plant about two feet high, robust, and a 

 White, or 



Cauliflower strong grower. The leaves are large, thick- 



Trans. veined, flat, and narrow, and generally com- 



NAPLES WHITE. 



ADAM^S'S^EARLY press the head, so as to render it invisible 



r*?LEAKLY wiuTK~ wnen rea( ty f r cutting, and thus protect it 



