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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

CABBAGE

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Cabbage (Brassica oleracea and other species) is a hardy biennial vegetable of the family Cruciferae, allied to the turnip and the wild charlock. It is an important table vegetable and numerous varieties are cultivated.

The wild cabbage is a native of the coasts of Britain, but is much more common on other European shores. The kinds most cultivated are the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), the savoy, the broccoli, and the cauliflower. The common cabbage forms its leaves into heads or bolls, the inner leaves being blanched. Its varieties are the white, the red or purple, the tree or cow cabbage for cattle (branching and growing when in flower to the height of three meters), and the very delicate Portugal cabbage. The garden sorts form valuable culinary vegetables, and are used at table in various ways.
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