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pounds, the stalks four feet in length, 

 three feet of which was white and to use 

 the expression which I recently heard, 

 " as clear as a lily." The quality seems to 

 have been appreciated by the guests of 

 the Delavan House, for twelve thousand 

 heads have been eaten at its tables within 

 the past ninety days. It is to be found 

 on the table, I am told, from July until 

 the following May, and of almost uniform 

 quality throughout. 



As will be seen in another place, Mr. 

 Eoessle has yielded to repeated solicita- 

 tions, and announces several pamphlets 

 to follow the present one. It is intended 

 to make a series, each pamphlet devqted 

 to some special vegetable, and to that 

 alone, giving not so much chemical theories 



