Pe-tsai. Cole Plants 



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heads axe formed. The plants are pulled, the outer 

 loose leaves removed, and stored in an outside cellar 

 for winter use and 

 sale. 



. As known in this 

 country, the crop is 

 started very early in 

 spring for use in warmer 

 weather, or in August or 

 September for producing 

 dense heads. 



Botanically, pe - tsai 

 is Brassica peMnensisj. 

 page 96. 



37. Pe-tsai as grown in Cliina, tlie round lorm. 



see the description of it on 



THE COLE PLANTS AND THEIR KIN 



The true coles (i.e., generically kale plants, German TeoM) 

 are the thick-leaved blue-green plants of the kale-cabbage- 

 cauliflower group, grown for their leaves or above-ground parts. 

 To this group belongs also the kohlrabi (word the German 

 form of cole-rape or caulo-rapa), with a thickened stem; and 

 properly also the rutabaga is a cole plant, although not com- 

 monly so regarded in this country. The rutabaga (the word 

 is' of Swedish origin), known familiarly in N. America as 

 " baga," is the Swedish turnip or " swede " of the English, and 

 the Uohlrube (cole-turnip) of the Germans; and it is also 

 called turnip-rooted cabbage, recognizing thereby the cabbage 

 appearance of the foliage and flowers. It should be said that 

 in America the word cabbage is restricted to plants that pro- 

 duce heads (the word is associated with the Latin caput, a 

 head) but elsewhere it has a wider application in the cole 

 crops. 



The cole plants are of the genus Brassica ; to this genus 

 belong also the turnips ; also the mustards, although certain 



