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much more generally than many other kinds. It is the 

 earliest of the Purple Broccolis. 



A remarkably large, white-flowered variety, Beading 

 recently introduced. It is described as some- 

 times attaining a weight of seventeen pounds, and meas- 

 uring, when divested of foliage, four feet in circumference. 

 Though somewhat coarse, and wanting in compactness, it 

 is quite free from fibre, and as tender and delicate as many 

 of the smaller and close-flowered Broccolis. 



This variety is of dwarfish habit. The heads g now > s g u . 

 are large, white, compact, well protected by 

 the incurved leaves, and equal in quality to Thomp. 

 those of the Cauliflower. By many it is con- 

 sidered superior to Grange's Early Cauliflower Broccoli. 



Leaves with long stems ; heads large, com- 

 pact, somewhat conical, sulphur-colored, some- 

 times tinged with purple. Hardy. 



New, but so closely resembling a Cauliflower Walcheren 

 as to be scarcely distinguishable from it. The Mcint. ' 

 leaves, however, are more curled, and its constitution is of 

 a hardier nature, enduring the cold, and also withstanding 

 heat and drought better. Much esteemed in England, 

 where, by successive sowings, it is brought to the table at 

 every season of the year. 



The true Willcove is a variety perfectly dis- willcove. 

 tinct from every other of its season. The LAT f '^ffovi 

 heads are large, firm, even, and fine, and of a 

 pure whiteness. They are fully exposed, and not protected 

 by the leaves, as most other Broccolis are. On this ac- 

 count, the variety is more liable to be injured by the 

 weather than any other late sort ; and therefore, in severe 

 seasons, it must be regarded as deficient in hardiness. 



