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crude state as a salad. It is a hardy, late sort, succeeds 

 well in winter, and retains its head a long period, but is 

 rarely employed for forcing, on account of its size, one of 

 the plants occupying, in a frame or hot-bed, the space of two 

 plants of average dimensions. 



Head of medium size, green, washed or Brown "Win- 

 ter Cabbage, 

 stained with brownish-red, regularly formed, vn. 



LARGE BROWJT 



and moderately compact ; the exterior leaves WIKTHB. 

 are round and short, much wrinkled, and coarsely blistered. 

 When grown in winter or in cool weather, the plants measure 

 fourteen inches in diameter, and weigh from fourteen to six- 

 teen ounces. The seeds are white. 



Hardy, and well adapted for winter culture. The heads 

 are not so firm as those of some varieties ; but they are well 

 retained, blanch white and tender, and are of excellent 

 flavor. 



Head roundish, usually well formed, and Early or 



Summer 

 moderately close and firm ; the outer leaves Cape. 



ROYAL CAPE. 



are large, loose, golden-green, undulated, and 

 coarsely blistered ; the interior leaves are more finely blis- 

 tered, and nearly of the same color as those of the outside ; 

 head, when divided, yellowish to the centre ; the plants, 

 when fully grown, measure nearly a foot in diameter, and 

 weigh from six to ten ounces. 



The variety is not well adapted for forcing or for early 

 culture in the open ground. As a summer Lettuce, it is one 

 of the best, enduring the heat well, and not running soon 

 to seed. Though not so crisp and brittle as some of the 

 winter or spring grown varieties, it is comparatively well 

 flavored and of good quality. It is similar to the Summer 

 or Royal Cabbage. 



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