COUVE TRONCHUDA 
CouvE Tronchuda, or Seakale Cabbage {Brassica 
oleracea costata), is by no means a popular vegetable or one 
much known or grown, and on this account it is given 
a place as it is useful for autumn supplies. It may 
be described as 
useful, as the 
heads make an 
excellent dish in 
the autumn, and 
it grows well in 
a good soil. It 
is an excellent 
cabbage if not 
grown in a cold 
or exposed situa- 
tion, and one that 
gives a good re- 
turn. The large 
full grown leaves are used in the same way as Seakale ; 
that is, the fleshy rind ribs of the plants may be cooked 
thus, and they make a really good vegetable if well 
cooked. 
The culture is the same as for the ordinary Brassica ; 
that is, seed is sown in the early spring and the seedlings 
transplanted when large enough, 2 feet apart each 
way. Grown in an open position they do well. 
BRAGANZA, PORTUGAL OR SEA-KALE CABBAGE 
{One-twelfth natural size) 
