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Young plant pale yellowish green, very compact; leaves roundish, 
apex retuse, outer ones somewhat waved, nearly smooth, inner ones 
coarsely undulate, much blistered, midribs concealed in the compact 
foliage. 
Mature plant about six inches in diameter, very compact; forming 
a firm head one and a half to two inches in diameter, three inches 
tall, of which the outer leaves curve back at the apex; leaves forming 
and surrounding the head puffed and blistered; head lighter in col. 
or than the outer leaves; stem short, smooth, broadly corymbed ; 
seeds white. 
Very largely grown for earliest culture under frames. Of little 
value for out door culture unless sown very early. 
The Karly Egg Cabbage, Vick, 85, seems to be an improved se- 
lection of this variety, somewhat larger in size, and running to seed 
less promptly. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 291. 
Mentioned by Petit in 1826. 
No. 56. THE Deacon, Alarris, 83. 
Young plant clear deep green, rather low and spreading ; leaves 
roundish or shortly spatulate, margin obscurely dentate in the upper 
half, apex entire, inner leaves somewhat puffed and blistered, veins 
sunken, conspicuous, leaves very thick. 
Mature plant very compact, about twelve inches in diameter, re- 
markable for its finely formed, large, firm head, which often attains 
a diameter of five inches. When first formed the head igs oblong, 
but later it becomes roundish, and finally distinctly flattened on the 
top. The outer leaves are very few and in the fully matured plant 
le flat upon the ground so that there seems to be little of the plant 
except the head ; stem smooth, greenish white, corymbose, stem 
leaves pointing outward, obovate, very broad at the base, waved und 
blistered; with very small rounded or bluntly pointed ears: leaves on 
the branches oblong, pointed, with nearly parallel sides ; seeds white. 
As the plant matures the foliage assumes a lighter shade, and the 
leaves become yellowish on the borders; the head within is cream col- 
ored, and continues sweet and tender until the flower stalk starts, 
This variety was introduced about the year 1879 by Mr. Joseph 
Harris, of Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y., who procured the seed 
from a Mrs. Miiller, a German lady who had selected the variety 
carefully for many years. 
No. 57. Tom Tuums, Vil., ’84. 
Synonyms. Stone Tennis” Ball, Vil., 84, (d.), Burr; Wheeler's 
Tom Thumb. Thorb. 83; Fr. Laitue gotte lente monter, Vil. 85 ; 
Ger. Frither griiner fester Steinkopfh-Lattich, Vil. ; Griiner fester 
Steinkopf L., Vil. 
Young plant spreading, inclining to wheelform, very pale green; 
leaves oval, rarely roundish, apex distinctly retuse, surface of outer 
leaves slightly and of inner ones very much blistered, sometimes puff- 
ed, veins not conspicuous. 
Before forming the head the plant is distinct through its very 
densely blistered, spreading upper leaves and white midribs, 
Mature plant about ten inches in diameter and six inches high, 
pale yellowish green, remarkably compact; forming an extremely 
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