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great heat rendered this a failure, excepting in regard to the late 
autumn varieties. 
In all 93 samples were sown, representing 31 reputed distinct 
varieties, which the Committee have reduced to the following : — 
1 . Extra Earliest Paris. 
This is the earliest variety, but of little value otherwise. It is 
useful for growing in frames, for a very early supply, where it 
produces small white heads of good quality. Grown in the open 
ground the heads attain a fair size, but have a frothy appearance, 
and are of little use. 
2. Erfurt. 
Synonyms. — Dwarf Early Erfurt ; Dean's Early Snowball ; Er- 
furt Dwarf Mammoth; Erfurt Dwarf; Erogmore Eorcing; Dwarf 
Mammoth ; Italian Early Giant Autumnal. 
Plant of dwarf compact growth, with scarcely any stems ; 
leaves of a pale glaucous green, short, broad, flat, rounded, with 
even edges ; heads exposed, from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, 
roundish or somewhat flattened, very close, solid, and of a pure 
white colour, changing as they open to a purplish tinge. A very 
excellent variety, producing large heads very early, and in a small 
space, suitable for the earliest supply, or for sowing late in spring 
for early autumn use. 
3. Erfurt y very Dwarf First Quality. 
This is purely a very fine selection of the Erfurt, a little earlier 
and smaller. 
4. Large Erfurt. 
A large and somewhat later form of the Erfurt. 
5. Early London. 
Synonyms. — Half Early White French; Early Dutch; First 
Quality Early. 
Plant of medium somewhat spreading growth ; leaves from 18 
to 24 inches long, somewhat pointed and cockled, of a pale glau- 
cous green colour ; heads slightly protected, from 4 to 6 inches in 
diameter, slightly conical in form, and surface uneven, very close 
and solid, of a pale creamy- white colour. This is from three to 
four days later than the Erfurt, the plant of larger, stronger 
growth, and the heads of coareer grain. A very excellent sort for 
general use. 
