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June 18' 1856

I compared flowers of Sugar Loaf Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts, Portsmouth Broccoli, Couve Tronchuda Purple & White Kohl Rabbi Koln Rabbi.— Little Difference Couve Tronchuda has white & somewhat smaller flowers — Portsmouth Broccoli most different, as sepals much narrower, & petals smaller & not quite so much elongated.— I see in the Broccoli, throughout plant it is the central & interior exterior buds which develop flowers—

Swede Turnip more orange flower petals rounder, sepals narrower — In white turnip smaller bright golden flower & rounded petals, much narrower sepals; shorter claw to petals

(Q) I compared pods of the several cabbages. Kohl rabbi (purple Kind with purplish pods) has longer & narrower pods, showing form of seed within, than the

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Sugar loaf & Brussels Sprouts or Couve Tronchuda: Portsmouth Broccoli intermediate in pods.—

Cauliflower seeds irregularly leaving many flowers abortive.─