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the subject, I shall quote the varieties which different seedsmen 
regard as asparagus kale. 
Messrs. Minier, Nash & Nash are correct in supplying Milan kale. 
Messrs. Eraser and Mr. B. S. Williams supply Buda kale. Messrs. 
Back & Co., Messrs. James Carter & Co., Messrs. Henry Clarke 
& Sons, and Mr. George Gribbs supply Couve Tronchuda. Messrs. 
Wrench & Sons, Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Messrs. J. & C. Lee, 
Messrs. Nutting & Sons, and Mr. William Paul supply Siberian 
kale ; and it is to be remarked that, as all these varieties produce 
an abundance of succulent shoots in spring, the name is not mis- 
applied ; still it would be as well if it were confined to one parti- 
cular variety, and that this should be the Milan kale. 
Buda Kale. 
This is one of those varieties that are called asparagus kale. It 
is very dwarf- growing, the stock being not more than six inches 
high, and very leafy. In this condition it remains all the winter; 
and in spring numerous long shoots are produced, some of which 
are from two to two feet and a half in length. The leaves are 
smooth and very much waved. There are three varieties of Buda 
— the green, the purple, and the lettuce-leaved or strap-leaved. 
There is no difference, except in colour, between the green and 
the purple varieties ; but the lettuce-leaved is very distinct, the 
blade of the leaf being decurrent down the whole length of the 
footstalk, resembling in that respect the leaf of a lettuce, or of 
Laing's Swedish turnip. As regards utility and fertility there 
is no difference ; and all are equally hardy. 
The Buda of Messrs. Minier, Nash & Nash, and of Messrs. 
Wrench & Son was true ; that of Messrs. Gr. Gibbs and of Messrs. 
J. & C. Lee was Siberian ; and that of Messrs. A. Henderson & 
Co. was Couve Tronchuda. It was also received from the follow- 
ing sources perfectly true, under different names, thus : — From 
Messrs. Eraser and Mr. B. S. Williams the purple variety as 
asparagus kale. From Messrs. Carter & Co. and Messrs. Wrench 
& Son as Delaware. Erom Messrs. Wrench & Son as Jerusalem. 
Erom Messrs. A. Henderson & Co., and I. Cattell as purple 
Jerusalem. The green variety was sent by Mr. J. Grant as 
Lapland kale, by Mr. Cattell as Egyptian, by Messrs. Sutton & 
Son as New Winter kale, and by Messrs. Vilmoriu, of Paris, as 
