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vested, but, from those that became scattered upon the gi'oimd,. 

 around the paxent plants, new seedlings grew that throve during 

 the autumn months and produced plants for the table. It was- 

 from this second crop from self-sown seeds that the specimens were- 

 gathered for the picture shown in the upi>er row of Plate XXV. 

 Similar plants left longer in the ground became of large size. 

 The Pak-Choi is particularly well adapted for an autumn crop in 

 our climate. 



The second vegetable worthy of mention came from U. S. D. A. 

 17865, which Professor Bailey figures in the above-mentioned! 

 bulletin under the name of Pe-Tsai, concerning which he Avrites 

 that it ''is properly an annual, which has the habit of a giant 

 lettuce * * * and needs a moist and cool soil for its best 

 development." In the present test the seeds of this vegetable (as- 

 also Pak-Choi) were sown in the greenhouse and the seedlings, 

 transplanted, as in the case of ordinary cabbage, to thei open, when 

 they came forward rapidly and produced plants wath many large, 

 lettuce-like leaves having broad white midribs and altogether- 

 Aveighing three or more poimds. Small se<x>nd-crop plants from 

 the self-sowing of seeds from matured plants in midsummer are 

 shown in the lower half of Plate XXV. As in the case of Pak- 

 Choi, the plants are with wide-sprreading foliage and it is well to 

 tie the leaves together for the purpose of more thorough blanching, 

 as the plants appwach the time for gathering. 



The differrences between the two cabbage-like vegetables are very 

 apparent when grown in the field, but, as arranged for the combi- 

 nation picture, their likeness is great. It will be observed, how- 

 ever, that the lower row shows leaves that have the blade reaching 

 to the base and the upper ends are irregular like lettuce, while,, 

 in the upper row, the stalk extends several inches below the blade,. 

 the latter being quite thick and smooth. In short, the Pak-Choi 

 (upper row) is quite like a, cabbage in color and texture, while 

 the Pe-Tsai might well be called a giant lettuce. 



Both have been gi-own side by side and the volunteer second crop 

 occupied, A\athout order, the same land, and in practical outcome 

 there is very little difference, and, by an occasional plant of the 

 fruit ci-op producing seed, these vegetables can be easily pTopa- 

 gated, and, thriving in the cool months of late autumn, may 

 (JejiPTve a place in the home garden as well as the field of the 

 trucker. 



