The Culture of Vegetables 



having a single crown, and plant them one foot apart each way. By 

 the following autumn these will become large, succulent sticks, which 

 will put to shame the ugly striplings grown under starving conditions. 

 The roots may be dug as required ; but we do not advocate that 

 method. It is better practice to clear the whole bed at once, and 

 store the produce in sand for use when wanted. This plan should 

 be repeated each year, and a fresh piece of land ought always to be 

 found for the crop. 



INDIAN CORN, or MAIZE 



Zea Mays 



MAIZE is a tender plant of great beauty that may be grown as a table 

 vegetable, a forage plant, or a corn crop ; but in the last-named capacity 

 it is rarely profitable in this country, owing to the brevity of our 

 summers. As an ornamental plant it is entitled to consideration, and 

 the more so because, while adorning the garden with its noble out- 

 lines and splendid silken tufts, it will at the same time supply to the 

 table the green cobs that are so much valued when cooked and 

 served in the same manner as Asparagus. 



There is a simple rough and ready way of growing Maize, the first 

 step towards which is to prepare a deep rich soil, in a sunny and 

 sheltered situation. Late in April or early in May dibble the seeds 

 two inches deep, in rows two feet asunder and one foot apart in the 

 rows. When the plants have made some progress, remove every 

 other one, these thinnings to be destroyed or planted at discretion. 

 The crop will almost take care of itself when the weather is warm 

 enough to suit it. But a deluge of water may be given during the 

 hottest weather. In its native country, and indeed wherever Maize 

 thoroughly thrives, it is dependent on frequent storms. 



BORECOLE,/^* 24 



KNOL KOHL 



Brassica oleracea Caulo-rapa 



KOHL RABI or KNOL KOHL is thought little of in this country, 

 because we can almost always command tender and tasty Turnips. 

 But on the Continent it is otherwise. There we see Kohl Rabi in 



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