VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



is a name applied to the class of cabbage which does 

 not head, but is used as an esculent in its open 

 growth. When used, the crown or centre of the 

 plant is cut off so as to include the leaves, which 

 usually do not exceed nine inches in length. It 

 boils well, and is more tender, sweet and delicate, 

 provided it has been duly exposed to frost. To 

 secure heavy crops of this hardy, useful winter 

 vegetable, a deep, rich soil is essential, and the 

 ground should be trenched two feet deep and 

 liberally manured. Sow about the middle of 

 April, in well-prepared soil, covering the seeds 

 thinly and evenly. Half an ounce will sow a bed 

 of twenty square feet. Plant out in June, 

 and cultivate as elsewhere recommended for 

 cabbage. 



The Dwarf Purple, or Brown Kale, is a 

 beautiful curled variety, with reddish-tinted leaves. 

 Another is the Green Curled Scotch, which is 

 very hardy, and, like the Savoys, is improved by 

 a moderate frost. 



In cultivating the Improved Siberian variety 

 a strain of the kind known as German Greens, 

 or "sprouts" sow in September, in rows one 

 foot apart, and treat the same as spinach. This 



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