200 SALAD PLANTS. 



Large Brown Head remarkably large, round, regularly 

 Cabbage or 

 Mogul. formed, grayish-green, tinted or washed with 



reddish-brown at the top. The diameter of a 

 well-grown plant is fourteen inches, and its weight nearly 

 a pound. Seeds black. 



The Large Brown Cabbage Lettuce is crisp and tender, 

 but is sometimes slightly bitter. Its season is near that of 

 the Versailles ; but it is slower in forming its head, and 

 sooner runs to flower. It is hardy, good for forcing, and 

 well adapted for cultivation during winter. In summer, 

 the heads are small, and loosely formed. 



Large Bed Head green, washed with red, of medium 



Cabbage. . ' 



ViL size, regularly but loosely formed ; diameter 



thirteen or fourteen inches ; weight twelve 

 ounces ; seeds black. 



Its season is near that of the Large Brown Cabbage. 

 When grown in warm weather, the head is small, and the 

 plant soon runs to seed : in winter, the head is much larger, 

 more solid, and longer retained. It resembles the Brown 

 Dutch, but differs in the deeper color of the leaves. 



Large Win- Head of medium size, regular, but not com- 

 er* Madeira? pact, green, washed with red at the top. When 

 grown in winter, or in cool, moist weather, the 

 plants will measure a foot in diameter, and weigh nearly a 

 pound. The seeds are white. 



It is quite brittle, though not remarkable for tenderness 

 of texture ; hardy ; succeeds well when grown in cold - 

 weather, and remains long in head before shooting up to 

 seed. Season, the same with that of the Green Winter 

 Cabbage. 



Malta or ice In its general character, this variety resem- 

 ICE cos. DRUM- bles the White Silesian. The head is remarka- 

 HB cr B BAGE! TE bly large, somewhat flattened, compact, pale 



