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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Large White Winter Cabbage Lettuce {White-seedecT).— 

 The leaves of the young plant are spathulate, slightly puckered 

 or folded, faintly toothed near the base, spreading very much, and 

 of a very light green colour. The full-grown plant is stout, broad, 



and tall, 10 to 12 in. in 

 diameter, and very irregular 

 in outline. The outer leaves 

 are green, entire at the 

 edges, but very much twisted 

 and folded into broad un- 

 dulations; head round, thick, 

 light green in colour, com- 

 posed of and surrounded by 

 leaves which are very much 

 crimped, folded, and twisted, 



Large White Winter Cabbage Lettuce the_ margins, however, being 



G natural size). entire or nearly so. This 



is very suitable for winter 

 culture, being hardy, early, and very productive. It may also be 

 sown in spring, and when raised at that time it keeps the head 

 very long for a winter Lettuce. 



Tremont Winter Cabbage Lettuce {White-seeded).— Vt.xy 

 hardy, and as productive as the Large White Winter Cabbage 

 Lettuce, and a better header than the Madeira Lettuce. A large 

 plant, with broad, rounded leaves of light green, forming good- 

 sized heads, with enough outer leaves to protect it against the 

 cold. Owing to its hardiness, size, and good quality it is one of 

 the best for sowing in 

 the latter half of August 

 for use at the end of 

 the winter. 



Brown Winter 

 Cabbage Lettuce 

 ( White - seeded). — The 

 young plant of this 

 variety is very consider- 

 ably deeper in colour 

 than the young plant 

 of the Red Winter 

 Lettuce. Its leaves are 



shortly oblong, and Tremont Winter Cabbage Lettuce. 



angular in outline rather 



than really toothed ; the blade, which is sometimes slightly 

 undulated, is hollowed out like a spoon, and blotched and plentifully 

 tinged with brown. The full-grown plant is compact and rather 

 thick-set. Leaves all more or less spoon-shaped, the outer ones 



