This variety, in common with a few others, is sometimes cut in considerable quantities by market-gardeners previous to heavy frost, and preserved in cellars for the supply of the market.
Frogmore Protecting. Hov. Mag.
Head pure white, scarcely distinguishable from the finest cauliflower; size large,—when well formed, measuring from seven to nine inches in diameter.
A recently introduced sort, promising to be one of the best. The plants are extremely hardy and vigorous, and rarely fail to develop a large and fine head, having a rich, curdy appearance, and, as before observed, similar to a well-grown cauliflower. It is of dwarf growth; and the outer leaves, closing over the large head of flowers, protect it from the action of severe weather.
Gillespie's Broccoli. Thomp.
A fine, white, early autumn variety, much grown about Edinburgh.
Grange's Early Cauliflower Broccoli. M'Int.
Grange's Early White. Hopwood's Early White. Marshall's Early White. Bath White. Invisible.
This is an old variety, and, when pure, still stands in high estimation; having a head nearly as large and as white as a cauliflower. The leaf-stems are long and naked; the leaves are somewhat ovate, lobed at the base, very slightly waved, and, incurving a little over the flower, defend it from frost and wet. It is not a large grower; and, being upright in habit, may be grown at two feet distant.
Hardy, and well deserving of cultivation. The London market-gardeners cultivate four varieties, of which this is the principal.