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with a grain much coarser than in other varieties, 

 while it is sufficiently close, solid and large. Not 

 very late; always grown in the open air, and ready 

 to commence cutting in September." Mentioned 

 in Bon Jardinier, in 1859, as one of the three 

 principal Broccolis, with which it is generally and 

 properly classed. 



BOSTON MARKET (Improved Early Paris). This 

 variety, which has now gone out of existence, was 

 formerly extensively cultivated around Boston, 

 where it originated by continued selection from the 

 Early Paris. In the American Journal of Horti- 

 culture, for 1869, p. 92, is a figure and description. 



BURPEE'S BEST EARLY. An improved type of 

 Dwarf Erfurt, named and introduced by W. A. 

 Burpee & Co. in 1886, after, as they say, sixteen 

 years selection by one grower. It is said to be of 

 dwarf, compact growth, with a short stalk, and 

 large, solid, nearly globular heads, very early and 

 certain to head. 



The Dingee & Conrad Company sell the same 

 variety. 



At the Ohio experiment station in 1889, this 

 variety was regarded as probably the same as Large 

 Erfurt, rather large, and a few days later than 

 Early [Extra Early] Erfurt, but quite as good in 

 other respects. At the Colorado station, in 1888, 

 " Burpee's Earliest " was noted for its large leaves 



