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Atkin's Matchless Cabbage. — This variety is very like the 

 Very Early Etampes Cabbage, but it is not so early, and its 

 leaves are more undulated. 



Battersea, Enfield Market, Vanack, or Fulham Cabbage- 

 One of the most extensively grown for the London markets. It 

 resembles the French Large Ox-heart Cabbage, with a tendency in 

 the direction of the Tourlaville or the Bacalan variety. The Early 

 Paris Market Cabbage is a very good substitute for this variety. 



Little Pixie, or Tom Thumb, is a good variety with very 

 smooth, round, entire leaves, and oval obtuse heads. 



Cornish Paignton, or Early Cornish, Cabbage. — Resembles 

 the Bacalan Cabbage, but the head is less compact, and is 

 extremely light in colour, like that of the Fumel Cabbage. It 

 is not very hardy. 



To the foregoing may be added — Ellam's Dwarf Cabbage, a 

 very early variety, with small compact heads, of delicate flavour, a 

 continuous supply of which may be had throughout the year by 

 making successional sowings. Carters Heartwell Cabbage, a valu- 

 able medium-sized Cabbage, and one of the earliest, remarkable 

 also for its compact uniform growth. This and the preceding 

 are two of the best kinds in cultivation. Cocoa-nut (Wheeler), 

 a very distinct, compact, valuable small Cabbage. Imperial 

 (Wheeler), a very fine selection, the variety being one of the 

 best for general use. 



Of the varieties grown in the north of Europe, the following 

 are the most noteworthy : — 



Kaper-kohl Cabbage. — Another very hardy kind, with a round, 

 slightly flattened head, deeply tinged with violet or brown on the 

 upper part, as are also the rather undulated edges of the numerous 

 outer leaves. It is something like the Vaugirard Cabbage. 



Liibeck Cabbage. — A variety of medium size, with a compact, 

 flattened head. The leaves are rather glaucous, resembling those 

 of the Saint-Denis Cabbage in hue. A late and very hardy kind. 



Giant Flat Gratscheff Cabbage.— A very leafy and large-sized 

 variety, the chief merit of which, perhaps, is its capacity for enduring 

 severe frosty weather without injury. 



The varieties which have originated in the south of Europe are 

 not very many. We shall only mention the following : — 



Pisa Round Cabbage. — This Cabbage is extensively grown 

 and much esteemed in Italy and Algeria. In size and appearance it 

 is rather like the Late St. John's Day Cabbage ; the head is almost 

 round, but terminates at the top in a blunt cone ; stem rather long ; 

 outer leaves not many, round, and almost spoon-shaped. There 

 are several sub-varieties, differing from one another in size and 

 earliness ; the earliest of them heads almost as quickly as the 

 York Cabbages. 



