DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



BRASSICA OLERACEA BOTRYTIS CYMOSA 



Fr. Chou Brocoli. — Ger. Italianische Kohl. 



Brocoli is a variety of Cabbage, nearly allied to the Cauliflower ; though not 

 so delicate in flavor, it is generally considered a delicious vegetable. Sow thin- 

 ly in seed-bed about the middle of Spring, and transplant and cultivate aceoid- 

 ing to directions for Winter Cabbages. The plants in the seed-bed are very apt 

 to run up tall and slender, unless they are thinned and kept free from weeds. 

 When they begin to flower, break the large leaves over the heads, to protect 

 them from the sun, and gather them before they commence running up to seed. 



Early Purple Cape. — This is the best 

 variety for our climate. It produces large heads, 

 of a brownish purple color, very close and com- 

 pact, and of excellent flavor. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



BRASSICA OLERACEA BULLATA. 



Fr. Chou de Bruxelles. — Ger. Sprossen Kohl. 



A very desirable vegetable, though little 

 known in this country. The plant grows two or 

 three feet high, and produces from the sides of 

 the stock, numerous little sprouts, one or two 

 inches in diameter, resembling Cabbages. The 

 leaves look like the Savoy, and should be broken 

 down in the fall, to give the little Cabbages more 

 room to grow. They are used for fall and win- 

 ter greens, are quite hardy, and should be treated 

 in all respects like Winter Cabbages, or Kale. 



BRASSICA OLERACEA CAPITATA. 

 Fr. Chou pommes. — Ger. Weissen Kopskohl. 



The Cabbage is one of the most important vegetables, and, in some of its 



varieties, is universally cultivated. Cabages are eatable almost from the time 



they leave the seed-bed, until they acquire a hard, close head ; it is a crop that 



Q-fi, can be put on every bit of otherwise idle ground, between rows of other vege- 



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