356 SALAD PLANTS. 



diameter of a full-grown plant is about sixteen inches, and 

 the weight from twenty to twenty-four ounces. The seeds 

 are white. 



The variety heads readily, blanches naturally, and is crisp, 

 tender, and well flavored. It is hardy, but not early, and 

 remains long in head without running to seed. 



It is extensively cultivated in England, and in some locali- 

 ties succeeds better, and is of finer quality, than the White 

 Silesian or Marseilles Cabbage. The name is derived from 

 the glazed or polished surface of the leaves. 



Neapolitan. Plant dwarfish; head of large size, round, 

 BAGE. regularly formed, solid, when in perfection, 

 resembling a well-developed cabbage ; the exterior leaves are 

 broad and large, green, frilled on the margin, and coarsely 

 blistered. If well grown, the plants will measure sixteen 

 inches in diameter, and weigh from twenty to twenty-four 

 ounces. Seeds white. 



The Neapolitan Lettuce blanches naturally, is well flavored, 

 and so slow in the development of its flower-stalk, that the 

 heads are sometimes artificially divided at the top to facilitate 

 its growth, and to secure the seeds, a supply of which is 

 always obtained with difficulty, as, aside from the tardiness 

 of the plant in flowering, the yield is never abundant. 



It is not so good for forcing as many others, and must be 

 classed as a summer rather than as a winter variety. 



Palatine. Vil, A variety of medium size, with a round, 



BKOWJT CABBAGE. _ , _ . 



somewhat depressed head, stained with red 

 about the top. The foliage is yellowish-green, strongly 

 marked or clouded with brownish-red. Extreme diameter 

 of the plant ten or eleven inches ; weight about twelve 

 ounces. The seeds are black. 



