BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



plants to grow all summer. Every year follow the 

 same practice. This vegetable is ready to eat earlier 

 than any other that I know of. Cook it the same 

 as asparagus. 



SEA KALE IS THE FIRST VEGETABLE TO APPEAR IN THE SPRING 



Udo is a new friend from Japan ; it is sometimes 

 called Japanese Celery. We eat the leaf stalks, 

 too, but at an entirely different season Christmas. 

 Buy the roots and set them five feet apart. They 

 grow into beautiful tall bushes, with heavy stems, 

 and white blossoms. In the fall when killed by 

 frost, cut the stalks off at the ground, then pile a 

 foot of earth over them, and on top of the earth a 

 foot more of leaves or straw or litter. At Christmas 



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