CABBAGE-PALM

Two palms hold this title. One is the tropieal Oreodoxa oleracea, cultivated in southern Florida, which attains at maturity a height of a hundred feet or more, with leaves 10 to 14 feet in length. It is eut down when about three years old for its tender central leaves, which are eaten as greens, and also (and particularly) for the terminal bud and the tender pith of its thick stem, which are enjoyed both plain-boiled and pickled. The other palm is the sub-tropical and tropical Sabal palmetio—its wood valued as dock-timber and its leaves for hat-making— but of no particular merit as a food-plant.