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almost like the Moss-curled variety. The Rujjec is one of the 

 best kinds for open-air culture, and is equally suitable for 



Ruffec Green Curled Endive ( natural size). 



summer and autumn. We do not know any other variety which 

 bears cold weather so well, and we have seen it in the open 

 ground, simply covered with leaves, surviving winters in which 



all other kinds perished. 

 Imperial Curled 

 Endive. A handsome 

 curled variety, forming 

 a broad, tall, and well- 

 furnished rosette, and 

 resembling the preceding 

 kind more than any 

 other variety, it differs 

 from it, however, in the 

 lighter colour of the 

 leaves, which are also 

 less finely cut, but have 

 the segments very much 

 curled and folded. This 

 variety is especially 

 noticeable in that its 

 leaves do not exhibit a 

 bare midrib at the 

 bottom, like those of 

 imperial Curled Endive. other varieties, but run 



down to the very ground, 



where they are from fin. to nearly ij in. broad. They are also 

 perfectly white for at least one-half their length. 



