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4. Early Sugar-loaf. This sort was in high esti- 

 mation fifty years ago, being mostly cultivated in 

 gentlemen's gardens ; and the author has doubts 

 if the true sort (which should be perfectly conical) 

 is now in existence. It was a superior cabbage in 

 respect of its keeping hollow much longer than any 

 other early sort. 



5. Paignton or Penton is a favourite cabbage in 

 Cornwall and Devon : in these counties it is called 

 early, though it is fully a month after the earliest 

 about London. It grows to a largish size, and the 

 flavour and taste are excellent. 



6. Vanack. This variety was introduced many 

 years ago by a wealthy Dutch merchant, of the 

 name of Vanack, who inhabited a house at Putney, 

 near London. It was in his time, and for many 

 years afterwards, in much repute as a sweej and 

 delicate variety ; but of late the author has heard 

 but little of it. 



7. East Ham, in Essex, is famed for producing a 

 fine early cabbage, which, in some places, is exten- 

 sively cultivated : it is not unlike the 



8. Early Imperial Brompton, which is a most ex- 

 cellent cabbage, being both early and delicate, and 

 attains a good size. It is a very useful and profit- 

 able sort for the cottager and market- gardener. 



9. Early Russia is a small roundish cabbage, that 

 comes in about June and July, heads very fast, and 

 soon grows hard ; but if used while young and hol- 

 low, it is very sweet and tender. 



10. Early Emperor is a good early cabbage; but 

 the author is not aware of its superior qualities to 

 merit so high sounding a name. There is another 



