By M. De Candolle. 



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Manes, (White Round-headed Cabbages) ; others, that take 

 a purple tinge, deep only on the outside leaves, are called 

 Choux pommes rouges, (Red Round-headed Cabbages). The 

 Spheroidal Cabbage appears to have the greatest tendency 

 to purple of any other ; its sub-variety is what is generally 

 called Chou rouge, or Red Cabbage. Gardeners again distin- 

 guish among the Round-headed Cabbages, the Full Heads 

 and the Hollow Heads ; but as this character is far from 

 being constant, it may be looked upon rather as an accident 

 than as a variety in the species. The flowers in this race are 

 generally yellow, but now and then are white in different 

 varieties. 



Fifth Race. Brassica oleracea caulo-rapa. 

 Chou-rave. Turnip Cabbage. 

 This race is easily distinguished by the swelling of the stalk 

 in the upper part, which forms a kind of round fleshy head 

 on the end of the stem on which the leaves are produced ; 

 this swollen part is usually employed for culinary purposes ; 

 the comparative thinness of the leaves appears to be also a 

 constant character in this kind. M. Sageret has assured 

 me, that many of the hybrids he had formed from various 

 kinds of Cabbages had the same swelled stalk as the Chou- 

 rave, and I should not be surprised to find among the many 

 different Choux-raves cultivated in gardens, varieties proceed- 

 ing from other races of Cabbages. 



The common Chou-rave and the Chou-navet are often con- 

 founded together, each name being indifferently given to 

 both in most of the French provinces ; they are, however, 

 distinct kinds. The leaves of the Chou-rave are per- 

 fectly smooth, those of the Chou-navet hispid or hairy. 



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