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Vil. , Ger. Utrechter kleines Schwarzrothes Kraut, Vil.; Holl. K!cine zwarte 
utrechtische roode kool, Vil.; Port. Couve vermelho escuro pequeno d’ 
Utrecht, Vil. 
Plant of medium size, compact, greenish-purple, often 
with a peculiar metallic lustre, with purple ribs and veins; 
head roundish, or slightly oblong, rich dark purple, but 
with less lustre than in the Karly Dark Red Erfurt, not 
very strongly colored inside; ext-emely compact; outer 
leaves rather numerous, roundish, inclining:to spoon-form, 
sometimes waved, smooth, border plain or sliehtly undulate; 
stem of medium length. 
‘“This cabbage is usually planted too late. It requires 
the whole season to mature. It is used for pickling, or cut 
up fine as a salad, served with vinegar and pepper. This is 
a very tender cabbage, and were it not for its color, would 
be an excellent sort to boil.” ‘‘Cabbages and How to Grow 
‘Them;” Greg., p. 42. 
Ill. . Head egg-shaped, the smaller end downward. 
No. 49. SuGaR LOAF--VEG. GAR.; Vil., ’84, ’85; Greg.,’85,’86. 
Syn. Harly Sugar Loaf, Grea. ; Sib., 83, ’86; LAND., 86. Fr. Chou pain 
de sucre, Viu., *84, °85; Ger. Zuckerhaut Kraut, Vil.; Zuckerhaut fruher 
Kopfkohl, A. de Cl.: Holl. Vroege suikerbroad kool, Vil. 
Distinct; plant rather small, inclining to upright, resem- 
bling the Early York but larger, and taller; foliage dull, 
green, little glaucous, head long egg-shaped at least twice 
as long as thick, the small end downward, pale green, mod- 
erately compact; outer head leaves distinctly hood-shaped, 
clasping the head, closely reminding one of a head of Cos 
lettuce ; sometimes recurving a little at the apex, outer 
leaves oval, those surrounding the head deeply spoon-form, 
the plain border often reflexed in the lower leaves, margin 
entire, midribs and veins not very conspicuous. 
An old variety of medium season and excellent quality, 
but is said not to endure the heat well. It was offered by 
Thorburn in 1828. 
Correctly figured in The Vegetable Garden, p. 110; Les 
plantes potagéres, p. 105. 
IV. Heads elliptical. 
No. 50. HARLY YORK, BRILL; Ferry ’83, GREG., °85, °86; 
Hen., ’86 ; BuRR; Sib., ’86; Thor., ’86; WHITE; Vil., ’84, ’85. 
Syn. Hurly Doarf Y rt, Veo. Gar.; Vil., Sib., 86; Early May, Vil.; Harly 
York Dwarf, Sib., ’83; Eur ly York English, "Land, 86: English Early York, 
Land., (d.); Fr. Chou @ York petit hatif, Vu., 85; Ger. York’sches aller- 
fruhestes weisses Kraut, Vil., Fruher Zucker Maispitzkohl, Vil.; Yorker 
fruher Zwerg Kopfkohl, A. de Cl. 
