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rather thick, fleshy purple shoots, the flower-buds of which do 

 not abort like those varieties which form a true head. These 

 shoots are produced in succession for a long time, and they are 

 gathered as they lengthen and before the flowers open, and are 



used like green Asparagus, 

 from which circumstance 

 the plant has received 

 the name of Asparagus 

 Broccoli. 



Under the name of 

 Sp rout ing Brocco li, a 

 variety with green shoots 

 is most commonly grown 

 in England, the flowers 

 of which are partially 

 abortive and form at the 

 end of every shoot a 

 small bulging mass or 

 lump, of a greenish yellow 

 colour. The Marte Cauli- 

 flower, of Bordeaux, is a 

 true Sprouting Broccoli, 

 which produces a great 

 number of small, compact 

 purplish heads of very 

 good quality. This variety, 

 unfortunately, does not endure severe winters in the climate of Paris. 

 The number of kinds of Broccoli is extremely large, as it is one 

 of those vegetables the varieties of which are not well established. 

 In England, more than forty different forms of it are grown. Of 

 these we mention here the kinds with coloured heads : 



Green Cape. A green-headed variety, which comes in in 

 October and November. 



Late Green, or Late Danish. The head of this is of the same 

 colour as the preceding kind, but comes in in April and May. 



Late Dwarf Purple, or Cock's-comb Broccoli. A very hardy, 

 purplish-headed kind, coming in only in April and May. 



Among the white-headed kinds, the most esteemed are : 

 Backhouse's White Winter. Distinct from Snow's and 

 Osborn's, with the good qualities of both. 



Osborn's White Winter. A fine mid-winter variety, with 

 heads as white as a Cauliflower. 



Improved White Sprouting. A variety very productive of 

 shoots. 



Early Penzance (Cornish). Turns in very early ; fine, com- 

 pact, pure white head. 



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Purple Sprouting broccoli. 



