rom the main
stem, and is perhaps preferable to the last-named sort. It is chiefly
valuable as an agricultural plant, but may occasionally be grown in
gardens on account of its great hardiness; but its flavor is inferior
to all other winter greens.

VARIEGATED BORECOLE. _Thomp._

Variegated Kale. Variegated Canadian Kale. Chou frise panache. _Vil._

This is a sub-variety of the Purple Borecole, growing about a foot and a
half high. The leaves vary much in size, and are lobed and finely
curled. They are also beautifully variegated, sometimes with green and
yellowish-white or green and purple, and sometimes with bright-red and
green.

It is frequently grown as an ornamental plant, is occasionally employed
for garnishing, and is sometimes put into bouquets. It is very good
cooked after frost, but is not quite so hardy as the Purple Borecole.

VARIEGATED COCK'S-COMB KALE.

A variety of the Common Cock's-comb Kale, with the leaves more or less
variegated with purple and white. It is not of much value as an
esculent.

WOBURN PERENNIAL KALE. _Thomp._

This is a tall variety of the Purple Borecole, with foliage very finely
divided or fringed. The plant lasts many years, and may be propagated by
cuttings, as it neither flowers readily nor perfects well its seeds. Its
produce is stated to have been more than four times greater than that of
either the Green or Purple Borecole on the same extent of ground. The
weight of produce from ten square yards was a hundred and forty-four
pounds ten ounces; but some of the large kinds of cabbages and savoys
will exceed this considerably, and prove of better quality. The Woburn
Perennial Kale can therefore only be recommended where the climate is
too severe for the more tender kinds of the Cabbage tribe.

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BROCCOLI.

Brassica oleracea var.

In its structure and general habit, the Broccoli resembles the
Cauliflower. Between these vegetables the marks of distinction are so
obscurely defined, that some of the white varieties of Broccoli appear
to be identical with the Cauliflower. Botanists divide them as
follows:--

"The Cauliflower has generally a short stalk, and white-ribbed, oblong
leaves. The stem by which the flower is supported unites at the head of
the primary branches into thick, short, irregular bundles, in the form
of a corymb. It appears to be a degeneration of the _Brassica oleracea
costata_, or Portugal Cabbage.

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