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Murcian Cabbage.— An exceedingly distinct variety with 

 leaves almost round, thick, dark green on the upper surface and 

 nearly gray underneath, overlapping one another like the leaves of 

 a Cabbage Lettuce. It is a very early variety, but the head is 

 loose in texture and almost quite hollow, keeping its shape only 

 for a few days. In the climate of Paris it is of no account. 



In the United States the varieties of Cabbage grown there are 

 divided generally into three groups : — 



(1) Early Cabbages^: comprising the Early Jersey Wakefield, 

 Express, Very Early Etampes, St. John's Day Early, Early York, 

 Flat Parisian or Early Spring (described earlier in this book), and 

 the Charleston Wakefield Cabbage, which is a rather later, larger- 

 headed, rounder, and broader-leaved variety than the Early Jersey 

 Wakefield Cabbage. 



(2) Summer or Second Season's Cabbages : comprising, in 

 addition to the Early Dwarf Flat Dutch, the Winnigstadt Early^ 

 the Pointed-headed Pomeranian, the Large Brunswick Short-stem 

 Cabbages, already described, the following principal American 

 varieties : — 



Henderson's Early Summer Cabbage.— A middle-sized, half- 



long-stemmed variety ; the heart flattened or slightly depressed at 

 the top, and pale green ; the outer leaves large and displayed,, 

 rather thin and slightly undulating at the edges. Early, quick- 

 heading, and much esteemed in the United States. 



All-head, Faultless Early, Solid South, or Eclipse Cabbage. — 

 Rather earlier than the last-described, and a stouter plant, with 

 smoother, thicker leaves. The stem is rather short, the head 

 rounded, big, hard, and regular in shape. 



Succession Cabbage.— Resembles the Henderson's Early Sum- 

 mer Cabbage, excepting that the leaves are smaller, thicker, and the 

 head much bigger and flatter, maturing also eight or ten days later. 



All Seasons, or Vandergaw, Cabbage. — Rather later than 

 the Succession Cabbage, and more spread out ; the head round 

 and compact. It is something like the Brunswick Short-stemmed 

 Cabbage, but leafier and more solid in the head. 



Deep-head Cabbage. — Leafy, but a fine deep head, like the 

 Brunswick Cabbage. 



(3) The third group comprises the Late, or Winter, varieties,, 

 mostly derived from the Late Flat Dutch Cabbage. Among the 

 varieties the most cultivated in the United States, besides that of 

 the Extra Late Amager Cabbage {syns. the Danish Ball-head, the 

 Dutch Winter, the German Export, Danish Emperor, and Solid 

 Emperor) already described, are the following : — 



Excelsior Late Flat Dutch Cabbage. — Differs from the 

 Brunswick Short-stemmed Cabbage in having a bigger and some- 

 times red-coloured head. The leaves are glaucous. 



