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differing 



and head, and the colour of the leaves, 



north of Germany, where there are a great number of local varieties, 

 more or less from one another in the length of the stem 



This variety appears to us 

 to be the most deserving 

 of notice, as it is produc- 

 tive without being very 

 late. 



Green Glazed 

 American Cabbage. — 



An exceedingly distinct 

 variety. Stem of medium 

 length ; leaves rounded, 

 very firm and stiff, dark 

 green, and glazed all over. 

 This kind does not head 

 very well, but in some 

 degree resembles the 

 Borecoles, differing from 

 them in fulness of leaf 



Green Glazed American Cabbage (^V natural size). 



and shortness of stem. It is most suitable for spring culture, and 

 is often sent to table shredded in vinegar like Red Cabbage. 



Curled-leaved Winter Cabbage {Chou gaufr^ d'hiver). — A 

 compact variety, the outer leaves curiously curled at the edges and 

 closely set against the head, which is round, hard, and plump, and 

 impervious to the hardest winters. It is not unlike the Vaugirard 

 Winter Cabbage, but is untinged with violet either on the head or 

 on the leaves. It is almost 

 as much grown as the 

 Vaugirard for supplying 

 the markets at the end of 

 the winter. 



Vaugirard Cabbage.— 

 Stem rather short ; outer 

 leaves numerous, stiff, of 

 rather dark gray - green, 

 often hollowed or spoon- 

 shaped, and always un- 

 dulated and cut at the 

 edges ; veins numerous and 

 distinctly marked ; head 

 round, depressed, rather 

 flat, firm and hard, tinged 

 with violet-red on the upper 

 part, and also at the edges of the outer leaves. This is one of 

 the hardiest kinds, and is very much grown in the neighbourhood 

 of Paris for winter use ; it bears frost, however, better when the 



Curied-ieaved Winter Cabbage. 



