PLATE 8. Varieties of cabbage, or " colewort," in the latter part of the sixteenth century. 



a. " White cabbage cole " (red cabbage also was known at that time), b. " Open cabbage 

 cole " (head less compact), c. "Savoy cole." d. " Curled Savoy cole" (leaves and flowers both 

 developed ; head of flowers almost like cauliflower), e. " Cole-florie." f. " Garden colewort " 

 (kale), g. " Curled garden cole." h. " Parsley colewort." *'." Swollen colewort." /."Round 

 rape cole" (kohlrabi). From Gerarde's Herball. Comparison with Plates 5, 6, and 7 shows 

 something of the extent of modification in the last three hundred years. 



