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apart, and the plants thinned to about two feet 

 apart in the row. The wider rows are preferable, 

 because of the greater ease of using machinery. 

 The depth at which the seed should be planted is 

 preferably from one to two inches, according to 

 the nature of the soil. Light lands should be rolled 



Number of thousands 



Surehead 92 per cent 



Autumn King 71 per cent . . 



Volg'i 72 per cent 



Volga 73 per cent 



Ballhead 87 per cent 



Carter Model kohlrabi 96 per 

 cent 



Purple Vienna kohlrabi 48 

 per cent 



White Vienna kohlrabi 91 

 per cent 



Fig. 56. Germination of commercial cabbage and kohlrabi seed and 

 number of seeds in a pound (Cornell Experiment Station). The black 

 bars show the number of thousand seeds in a pound; the light bars 

 show the number of thousand that germinated. 



