Curled-Leaved Celeriac.
Curled-leaved Turnip-rooted. Céleri-rave frisé. Vil.
This is a variety of the Common Celeriac, or Turnip-rooted Celery; like which, it forms a sort of bulb, or knob, near the surface of the ground. It is, however, of smaller size; usually measuring about three inches in diameter. The skin is brown, and the flesh white and fine-grained; leaves small, spreading, curled.
It is in no respect superior to the Common Turnip-rooted, and possesses little merit aside from the peculiarity of its foliage. Cultivate, preserve during winter, and use as directed for the common variety.
Early Erfurt Celeriac.
Céleri-rave d'Erfurt. Vil.
A very early variety. Root, or bulb, not large, but regular in form. Its earliness is its principal merit.
Chervil.
Chærophyllum cerefolium. Common or Plain-leaved.
A hardy, annual plant, from the south of Europe. Stem eighteen inches to two feet in height; the leaves are many times divided, and are similar to those of the Common Plain Parsley; the flowers are small, white, and produced in umbels at the extremities of the branches; the seeds are black, long, pointed, longitudinally grooved, and retain their vitality but two years,—nearly nine thousand are contained in an ounce.