308 On the Varieties of Winter Greens. 



must be used the first of the whole class, inasmuch as 

 it is the least hardy. It is in demand, and supplies the 

 London market, through the month of November, and until 

 the plants are rendered useless by frost, by which it is es- 

 sentially injured, and ultimately destroyed. It grows to 

 the height of two feet and upwards, the leaves are large 

 and rugose, the veins, which shew conspicuously under- 

 neath, being of a greenish white. The heart is large and 

 compact, in shape like a sugar-loaf cabbage, but sometimes 

 more globular ; the heart-leaves are green on the outside 

 part, but are blanched internally. The specimens I have 

 exhibited are such as are usually produced in ground not 

 over-rich ; those grown by the market gardeners of London 

 are much larger. 



Except where a large consumption requires stronger 

 plants, or great markets are to be supplied, the Dwarf Savoy 

 is to be preferred. This sort possesses much excellence : it 

 is hardier than the preceding, bearing well the attack of 

 the first winter frosts, by which the delicacy of its flavour 

 is materially improved ; and from its small size it is better 

 adapted to the tables of private families. Where the whole 

 class is cultivated, this must be considered the second sort 

 in succession. The best plants grow close to the ground, 

 not exceeding a foot in height ; they are quite a distinct 

 variety from the Green Savoy ; the leaves are peculiarly 

 rugose, the projections being on the upper surface, and 

 the corresponding indentations on the under part : the 

 veins, which are rendered most conspicuous by the deep 

 green of the other part of the leaf, are nearly white, being 

 only slightly tinged with green; the heart is small, close, 



