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BRASSICACEOUS PLANTS. 



the second year ; after the ripening of which the bulb 

 perishes. 



Sowing and Cultivation. The seeds may be sown, in 

 May or June, in a nursery bed, as is practised with the Cab- 

 bage, afterwards removing the young plants to rows eighteen 

 inches or two feet apart, and fifteen inches apart in the rows ; 

 and they are sometimes sown, like the seeds of the Ruta 

 Baga, in rows where they are to remain. When the latter 

 course is followed, the plants taken up in thinning are reset 

 in rows, as directed for setting plants raised in the nursery bed. 

 When cultivated for feeding stock, 

 the seeds should be sown early, in 

 order that the plants may have the 

 advantage of the entire season, and 

 thus acquire their full proportions. 

 For table use, the seeds may be sown 

 in June, in which case the bulbs will 

 not only be of convenient size, but, 

 having made their growth in the 

 cooler and more humid portion of the 

 season, will be much more succulent 

 and milder flavored than those from 

 seeds sown earlier, 

 is treated in all respects as the Ruta 



Green Kohl Rabi. 



The growing crop 

 Baga or Cabbage. 



Seed. Take up a few plants entire in autumn ; preserve 

 them during winter in the manner of cabbages or turnips ; 

 and transplant to the open ground in April, two feet apart in 

 each direction. The seeds are not distinguishable from those 

 of the Swede or Ruta Baga Turnip, and retain their vitality 

 from five to seven years. 



Use. The part chiefly used is the turnip-looking bulb, 

 formed by the swelling of the stem. This is dressed and 

 eaten with sauce, or with meat, as turnips usually are. 



