The use and qualities of the cabbage are too well known to need any further description.
420. CAULIFLOWER. Brassica oleracea var.—The varieties are,
The Early. The Late.
The early cauliflower is sown in the first week in September, and usually sheltered under bell or hand glasses during the winter. By this means the crop is fit for table in the months of May and June.
The late sort is usually sown in the month of March, and planted out for a succession to the first crop.
421. CAPERS. Capparis spinosa.—This is the flower-pod before it opens of the above shrub, and is only kept as an ornamental plant here. I am induced to notice this plant, as I have known some things used in mistake for capers that are dangerous. I once saw an instance of this, in the seed-vessels of the Euphorbia Lathyris (which is a poisonous plant) being pickled by an ignorant person.
422. CAPSICUM. Capsicum annuum.—Cayenne pepper is made from a small variety of this plant.
We have many varieties cultivated here in hot-beds; namely, yellow and red, of various shapes, as long, round, and heart-shaped. All these are very useful, either pickled by themselves, or mixed with any other substances, as love-apple, radish pods, &c. to which they impart a very fine warm flavour.
423. CARROT. Daucus Carota.—
The Orange Carrot.—For winter use.