COUVE TRONCHUDA

Brassica oleracea costata



Couve Tronchuda, or Portugal Cabbage, is a fine vegetable that should be

grown in every garden, including those in which Cabbages generally are

not regarded as of much importance. The plant is of noble growth, and in

rich ground requires abundant room for the spread of its great leaves,

the midribs of which are thick, white, tender, and when cooked in the

same manner as Sea Kale quite superb in quality. When a fair crop of

these midribs has been taken there remains the top Cabbage, which is

excellent.



Two or three sowings may be made in February, March, and April, and the

early ones must be in heat. Transfer to rich soil as early as possible,

giving the plants ample room, from two to three feet each way, and aid

with plentiful supplies of water in dry weather.