BORECOLE OR KALE 



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Intermediate Moss-curled Kale. 



variety for very cold localities, and its leaves are very tender and 

 good after they have been exposed to the action of frosty weather ; 

 besides, the plant is ornamental. In the open ground, even in the 

 severest winters, it yields a supply 

 of fresh vegetables of excellent 

 quality. 



Intermediate Moss-curled 

 Kale. — This variety is intermediate 

 in height between the Dwarf Curled 

 Kale, the leaves of which spread 

 upon the ground, and the Tall 

 Green Curled Kale, which some- 

 times grows 6 ft or more high. It 

 is rarely above 32 in. in height, and 

 its short, but very broad, leaves are 

 curled to an extreme, the margins 

 being also curiously puckered and 

 twisted. It is perfectly hardy, and 

 in this respect differs widely from 

 the Mosbach Kale, which is rather 

 sensitive to cold. 



Curled Green Dwarf Kale, German Greens, Dwarf Curlies, 

 Canada or Labrador Kale. — This is a dwarf variety of the Scotch 

 Kale, which it resembles in its leaves ; but its stem does not grow 

 more than from 16 to 20 in. high, so that the ends of the leaves 

 often rest upon the ground. Besides its value as a vegetable, it is 

 also a very ornamental plant, either for small circular raised flower- 

 beds in winter or for garnishing dishes on the table. 



The Siberian Kale of the Americans is a short-stemmed variety, 



not so delicately curled 

 as the Curled Green 

 Dwarf Kale, and more 

 blue in colour. 



Jerusalem Green 

 Curled Kale, or 

 Asparagus Kale.— A 

 variety of dwarf but 

 sturdy growth, the 

 margin of the leaves 

 very much crisped or 

 curled, and the partially 

 undeveloped centre 

 leaves tinged with purple on the tips, the veins of a subdued crimson 

 colour. In spring it throws out numerous long, stout, succulent shoots, 

 which may be cooked either green or blanched. The Imperial 

 Hearting Scotch Kale is also very productive of sprouts in spring. 



Dwarf Curled Kale, German Greens, Dwarf Curlies, 

 Canada or Labrador Kale (^V natural size). 



