Knol Kohl Leek 



every market, and on many a good table, where it proves a most 

 acceptable vegetable. For all ordinary purposes the green variety is 

 better than the purple. A small crop of this root should be annually 

 grown in every garden. In case of failure with Turnips, Kohl Rabi 

 will take their place to tide over an emergency. When served it has 

 the flavour .of a Turnip with a somewhat nutty tendency, and may be 

 prepared for table in the same manner. 



Kohl Rabi is adapted for heavy soils, on which Turnips are some- 

 times troublesome. The seed is sown in March or April, and as 

 soon as possible thinned to three inches apart. Further thinnings 

 are planted out in rows a yard apart, and the plants two feet apart in 

 the rows, and they must be planted shallow to encourage the roots to 

 swell above ground. A crop to mature should be left in the seed-bed 

 at any distance provided the leaves do not overlap. By this mode 

 of management some nice roots of small size may be secured quite 

 early in the season, and they must be drawn directly their leaves meet, 

 to give more and more room to those that are to remain. The hoe 

 must be used here, as also amongst the planted lots, to keep the 

 ground clean and the surface open, but care must be taken not to 

 damage the leaves, or in the least degree to earth up the roots. Any 

 animal that can eat a Turnip will prefer a Knol Kohl, and when 

 substituted for the Turnip in feeding cows, it does not affect the 

 flavour of the milk. The plant is hardy, and as a rule may stand, to 

 be drawn as wanted, until the spring is far advanced, when the 

 remnant should be cleared off for the benefit of the animals on the 

 home farm, or be dug in as manure. 



LEEK 



Allium Porrum 



THE LEEK is not appreciated in the southern parts of England as it 

 is in the North, and in Scotland and Wales. It is a fine vegetable 

 where it is well understood, and when stewed in gravy there is 

 nothing of its class that can surpass it in flavour and wholesomeness. 

 One reason of its fame in Scotland and the colder parts of Wales is 

 its exceeding hardiness. The severest winters do not harm the plant, 

 and it may remain in the open ground until wanted, occasioning no 

 trouble for storage. 



There may be three sowings of Leek made in the open ground 

 in February, March, and April, to insure a succession, and also to 



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