1890.] History of Garden Vegetables. 639 
SAVOY CABBAGE. Brassica oleracea bullatta DC. 
. This race of cabbage is distin guished by the blistered surface 
head. Iam inclined to believe that the heading cabbages of the 
ancient Romans belonged to this class, as in their descriptions 
there are no indications of a firm head, and at a later period this 
form is named as if distinctly Roman. Thus Ruellius? in 1536 
describes under the name Romanos a loose heading sort of cab- 
bage, but does not describe it particularly as a Savoy. This sort 
probably is the Brassica italica tenerrima glomerosa flore albo fig- 
ured by J. Bauhin” in 1651, its origin, judging from the name, 
being ascribed to Italy, and also figured by Chabraeus," 1677, 
under the same name, and with the additional names of Chou 
d'Italie and Chou de Savoye. In the Adversaria” and elsewhere 
this kind is described as tender, and as not extending to the 
northern climates. I do not know of this form, so carefully pic- 
tured, as existing under culture, and it has doubtless been super- 
seded by better varieties. 
In the Savoy class three types are to be seen. The most 
common is the spherical-headed, next the long-headed or ellipti- 
cal, and lastly the conical. There are a number of varieties. In 
1883 Vilmorin describes fifteen in.his Les Plantes Potageres, and 
names others. In the report of the New York Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station for 1886, thirteen varieties are described. 
The SPHERICAL-HEADED. This race is the most common, and 
occurs in various degrees of blistering, and in a large number of 
varieties. The following synonymy embraces this type: 
Brassica crispa. Matth., 1558, 247; Pin, 1561, 162; Cam. 
epit, 1586, 249; Pancov., 1673, n. 614. 
B. alba crispa. Lugd., 1587, L, 520. 
B. patula crispa. Sabauda zstiva. Lob. ic, 1501, I., 244; 
Chabr., 1677, 269. 
B. sabauda. Ger., 1537, 247. 
B. sabauda crispa. Ger., l. c. 
% Ruellius. De Natura Stirpium, 1536, 477. 
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