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Crosby's Egyptian. An improve- 

 ment on the foregoing sort; being of 

 more uniform shape and color. Recom- 

 mend same highly; it will take the place of 

 the old variety for market purposes. 



White French Sugar is used for stock 

 food in our climate; not much planted. 



Silver Beet or Swiss Chard. This 

 variety is cultivated for its large succulent 

 leaves, which are used for the same pur- 

 poses as Spinach. It is very popular in the 

 New Orleans market, 



Lentfc. A strain of Blood Turnip Beet 

 which originated with one of the most prom- 



inent market gardeners around Philadel- 

 phia. This beet, as selected and grown by 

 him has had a great reputation in the sur- 

 roundings of the above place, but the seed 

 has been carefully guarded and kept until 

 recently, when it fell into the hands of a 

 seed grower, from whom we have received 

 our supply. It is fully as early as the Egyp- 

 tian Beet, but larger and of better quality; 

 and it has a fine turnip form with smooih 

 roots, dark blood red flesh, tender and sweet 

 at all times, never becoming tough and 

 stringy, even when old. The cut is an es- 

 act representation of its shape. 



Chicago Early Blood Turnip Beet. 



BORECOLE OR CURLED KALE. 



Choux-vert (Fr.), Gbuener Kohe (Ger.), Breton (Sp.) 

 Dwarf German Greens. A vegetable highly esteemed in the northern part of 

 Europe, but very little cultivated in this country. It re- 

 quires frost to make it good for the table. Treated the 

 sarnes as cabbage. 



BROCCOLI. 



Choux Broccoli (Fr.), Spargee-Kohi, (Ger.), Brocuu 

 (Span.) 



Purple Cape. Resembles the Cauliflower, but not 

 forming sujh compact heads, and not quite so white, being 

 of greenish cast. We raise such fine Cauliflower here that 

 very little Broccoli is planted. 



The Purple Cape is the most desirable variety; cultivated 

 the same as Half Early Cauliflower; further north than New 

 Orleans, where Cauliflower does not succeed, the Broccoli 

 may be substituted, being hardier. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



Choux de Bruxeeees (Fr.), Rosen or Sprossen KoaE 

 (Ger.), Breton de Bruselas (Sp.) 



A Teg etable cultivated the same as Cabbage, but very 

 i^r^^^^^^" "^* little known here. The small heads which appear along 



Brussels Sprouts. 



