156 THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Sprout is a very productive variety, regular and hardy. It is the 

 sort preferred by the Paris market-gardeners. 



Dwarf Brussels Sprouts.— Stem stout and stiff, usually not 

 exceeding 20 in. in height ; leaves more close together than those 

 of the Tall kind, and more crimped. Sprouts generally larger and 



Half-Dwarf Brussels Sprouts. (j^,; natural size). 



rounder, and usually crowded upon one another. This variety is 

 generally somewhat earlier than the Tall one, but it does not 

 continue to bear so long in winter. 



In England too much importance is attached to the size of the 

 sprouts, varieties that yield sprouts as Irrge as small oranges 

 being preferred; such varieties as Aigburth, Dalkeith, and Scrymgers 

 Gianty which produce sprouts of a size that in France or in Belgium 

 would be thought much too large. 



Before describing the Borecoles, we must notice two very 

 distinct kinds of Cabbages, which come between those varieties 

 which form heads and those which do not. These are the Rosette 

 Colewort and the Russian Kale. 



Green Rosette Colewort. — Under the name of Rosette Colewort 

 or Collard, a very distinct variety is cultivated in England, which, 

 although capable of forming a head, is generally cut for use as a 

 Borecole while the leaves are in the rosette form and still young 

 and tender. It is very dwarf, the stem seldom exceeding 8 or 10 in. 

 in height, and bearing numerous closely set, slightly crimped, 



