Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . ots reach a diameter of 3 or4 inches, and :cvr s,;,iv, 1\ .lisiiuouisliable from white turnips in a|.|»aiai tc \tuM and Havor. In China the tubers are usrd .is a w int. r vcgetalile, the .seeds beingsown in summer. The plant is native to China. It doesnot appear to have been brought
Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . ots reach a diameter of 3 or4 inches, and :cvr s,;,iv, 1\ .lisiiuouisliable from white turnips in a|.|»aiai tc \tuM and Havor. In China the tubers are usrd .is a w int. r vcgetalile, the .seeds beingsown in summer. The plant is native to China. It doesnot appear to have been brought to the attention ofbotanists until Bretschneider published an account of itin a French iourual in 1881. Paillieux and Bois (LePotager dun CuriiMix I regard it as a variety of Jirnssicajuiicen, to wliicli tJu- ^e nmstard belongs, but it isvery different from that plant. It Ls nearly related toPak-CThoi, and it may have sprung from the same spe-cies; but it is clearly distinguished by its sharplytoothed lvs., one of which is shown in Fig. 264. rt. Plant truly uhhwiI: foliage profuse, loose and , Bailey. Pe-tsai Cabbage. Fig. 265. Nu-merous radical lvs., largeand light green, oblong orovate-oblong, crinkled andvery veiny, and the mar-gins wavy, contracted intoa flat and ribbed petiole 1-3. Brassica campestris {X }4) 262. Pak-Choi —Brassica Chinensis. brous, fleshy, and remind one of the young shoots ofsea-kale. The Turnip usually produces seed freely ifthe bottoms are left in the ground over winter ; andthereby the plant spreads, becoming a true annual and abad weed, with a slender, hard root. DD. Foliage not hairy. Chinensis, Linn. Pak-Choi Cabbage. Figs. 262, lvs. wavy and ample, glossy green, obovate orround-obovate in general outline, either entire or ob-scurely wavy or even crenate, tapering to a distinct andthick, strong petiole, which is generally not prominentlymargined ; pod large and tapering into a beak half aninch long; root sometimes
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