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mostly grown are the Dwarf Green 

 Curled, Early Ulm, and Vertus. 

 Sometimes they are used as Cole- 

 worts when half-grown, in which 

 case they are planted thickly among 

 other crops in any vacant places in 

 the same way as Cabbage Coleworts. 

 During winter, when greens are 



scarce, Savoys are most in demand. 

 They are very hardy, and are all the 

 better for being subjected to frost, 

 and for this reason they are a good 

 winter crop. The refuse of the 

 seed-beds is sometimes planted out 

 in August to supply Coleworts in 

 winter and spring. 



Braganza, Portugal, or Sea- Kale Cabbage {CJiou a grosses 

 cotes ordinaire^. — Stem shortish ; leaves closely set, with thick, 

 white, fleshy ribs, undulated and slightly cut on the edges, and 

 usually hollowed or spoon-shaped, all forming at the latter end of 

 autumn a small loose kind of head. For a long time a distinction 

 was made of two varieties of this plant, one with green and the 

 other with light-coloured leaves, but the difference is so unimportant 



Braganza, Portugal, or Sea-Kale Cabbage Curled Couve Tronchuda Cabbage 



natural size). (yV natural size). 



that at the present day the two kinds are considered identical. 

 The outer leaves and the head of the Couve Tronchuda are very 

 tender to eat. It stands frost very well, and even requires it to 

 bring out its full quality. Under the name of Dwarf Portugal 

 Cabbage, a more compact and better-headed variety is sometimes 

 grown in England. 



Curled Couve Tronchuda Cabbage. — The ribs of this variety 

 are not so much developed as those of the ordinary kind, but the 

 blade of the leaf is much more curled and undulated. It forms an 

 imperfect head, but bears frost very well, and can be cut all through 

 the winter, when autumn Cabbages have become scarce. 



Curled Winter Borecole Cabbage. — Towards the end of 

 winter, one may see in the Central Market, at Paris, a variety of 

 Cabbage which does not form a head, and which the market- 

 gardeners call Bricoli Cabbage. This seems to be an intermediate 

 kind between the Green Curled Kale and the Curled Couve 



