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White and Purple Cape. There is no difference in 

 flavor, though the white is the most pleasant looking 

 vegetable when cooked. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS (Brassica oleracea var.). 



This vegetable, as the engraving shows, is a variety of 

 the Cabbage which forms scarcely any terminal bud or 

 head ; but the buds along the stem, which in the ordi- 



113. BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



nary Cabbage remain small, are in this developed into 

 small heads, which are the edible portion. Brussels 

 Sprouts are much more used in Europe than with us. 

 Though the plant is not sufficiently hardy to endnre our 

 northern winters, it will stand in this latitude until 



