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in compactness and weight ; nevertheless, a good kind for the 



kitchen-gardens of farms or large establishments, on account of 



its productiveness and earliness. 



Fumel Cabbage. This kind, and also the two following 



varieties, might be considered as intermediate between the Smooth- 



leaved Cabbages and the 



Savoy Cabbages, as the 



leaves are coarsely 



crimped and almost 



curled. We shall, how- 



ever, follow the usual 



custom in classing them 



with the Smooth-leaved 



kinds, and they cannot 



be more properly placed 



than next to the Schwein- Fumel cabbage. 



furt Cabbage, which they : . 



resemble in their earliness and in the softness of the head. The 



Fumel Cabbage appears to have originated in the south of France ; 



at least, it is very much grown there, and also .in Algeria. It 



has a very short stem, and not many outside leaves, which spread 



horizontally close to the' ground, are of a dark green colour, and 



broadly crimped. The head, on the other hand, is very light in 



colour, loose, broad, and very much flattened ; it is almost as large 



as that of the Saint-Denis Cabbage, but not nearly so heavy, and 



goes out of shape very soon. This is one of the earliest of all 



the Cabbages, but it does not appear to answer the climate of 



northern districts, where it rots too easily. 



Early Habas Cabbage. A variety grown in all the south- 



western districts of France, where it is sometimes confounded with 



the following kind. It is 

 a pretty early Cabbage, 

 with a short stem, and 

 numerous crimped leaves, 

 rather light in colour, 

 the lower ones almost 

 spreading on the ground , 

 the inner leaves form a 

 rather loose head of a 

 yellowish green colour. 



* X DfUmhead 



Cabbage. Stem pretty 

 long; leaves very numerous, coarsely crimped, of a darker and more 

 glaucous green than those of the preceding kind, and resembling 

 those of the Large Drumhead Savoy to some extent ; head round. 

 seldom well formed, at least in the climate of Paris, and always rather 



Early Habas Cabbage ( A natural size). 



