Pe-tsai 



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than twenty-five years ago by the Cornell Experiment Sta- 

 tion. It has long been more or less known in Europe, and 

 in China it is an ancient vegetable of major importance. 

 To foreigners in China it is known as Shantung cabbage, 

 from the province where it is extensively grown. To the 



34. Pe-tsai as commonly grown for salad and greens (X V^). 



Chinese it is known as pe-ts'ai, peh-ts'ai, po-ts^ai, the first 

 word or element meaning " white,^^ and ts^ai a green- 

 vegetable or leaf -vegetable. 



It is unfortunate that the name " cabbage has become 

 associated with this plant, for it represents a different 

 species (if, in fact, not a different genus) from the cab- 



