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Late. The earliest appearance of the name 

 Walcheren that I have seen is in an advertisement 

 of Walcheren cauliflower seed in the Gardener's 

 Chronicle for 1844. Since that time it has re- 

 mained one of the most reliable and popular 

 varieties with English growers. 



Mclntosh, in his " Book of the Garden," in 1855, 

 said that it was hard to get pure seed: "The true 

 Walcheren is distinguished from all others by its 

 bluntly rounded and broad leaves, and the close- 

 ness and almost snowy whiteness of its heads, even 

 when grown to a large size." Others, before this, 

 state that it was sold on the Continent under the 

 name of Early Leyden. 



Burr, in 1866, records it as synonymous with 

 both Early Leyden, and Legge's Walcheren broc- 

 coli or caiiliflower. He describes it as resisting 

 both cold and drouth better than other varieties, 

 " stem short, leaves broad, less pointed and more 

 undulated than those of the cauliflower usually are." 



Vilmorin described it in 1883 as synonymous 

 with Walcheren Broccoli, known in Holland as 

 Late Walcheren. He said: "The latest and most 

 hardy of the cauliflowers, and therefore intermediate 

 between the cauliflowers and the broccolis, with 

 which latter it is often classed. Stem high and 

 strong, leaves elongated, rather stiff and upright, 

 abundant, and of a slightly grayish green. The 



