BROCCOLI 



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Adam's Early White Broccoli natural size). 



Adam's Early White Broccoli. — This variety differs but little 

 in its general character from the preceding one, from which it is 

 particularly distinguished by being ten or twelve days earlier. It 

 produces a great number 

 of leaves, which are un- 

 dulated at the edges to a 

 remarkable degree. 



Roscoff White 

 Broccoli. — This very ex- 

 cellent kind, which is most 

 extensively cultivated in 

 the department of Finis- 

 tere, is very like the 

 preceding one, of which 

 it may be considered a 

 very constant and very 

 early local form. This 

 is the variety of which 

 such large quantities are 

 brought to Paris every year, at the end of the winter. 



Easter Broccoli. — This is a very handsome, early, and distinct 

 variety. Its leaves are not so numerous as those of most other 

 kinds of Broccoli, and have a peculiar triangular appearance, 

 being rather short, broad at the base, and pointed at the end ; 

 they are stiff, not much undulated, and are finely toothed on 

 the edges ; their gray colour is equally characteristic. This 

 variety, which in the south of France is also called the Easter 

 Cauliflower {CJiou-fleur de Pdques), is very early, requires less 

 attention than many other kinds, and even the weakest plants of it 



form very regular heads. 

 It is one of the best kinds, 

 though tender. 



Large White Mam- 

 moth Broccoli. — A thick- 

 set variety, lower in growth 

 than the preceding kinds, 

 and with shorter and 

 broader leaves of a dark 

 green colour, very nume- 

 rous, surrounding and pro- 

 tecting the head well ; the 

 inner or heart leaves are 

 often twisted ; head very 

 large and w^hite, and of remarkably good quality. This is 

 one of the latest varieties which continue to bear for the 

 longest time. 



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Easter Broccoli (-^ natural size). 



