Vegetables Less Commonly Grown 



and with beautiful curled foliage. Dwarf Green 

 Curled Kale and Excelsior Moss Curled Kale 

 are other good sorts, very mossy, attractive and 

 delicious. 



Sea Kale, less well known than the annual 

 kale, is a hardy perennial that is cultivated some- 

 what like asparagus, the seed being sown in the 

 spring in rows three to four feet apart. The 

 seedlings give a crop the third year but quicker 

 results come from planting root cuttings or off- 

 sets. The Sea Kale has a very long tap-root and 

 should be grown in rich mellow soil that has been 

 ploughed or dug very deep. As soon as shoots 

 show above the ground blanch with boards, earth, 

 sand or anything that will exclude light until 

 ready for use. When blanched the leaf-stalk is 

 cooked like asparagus or the leaves are used as 

 greens. 



KOHL-RABI 



(Turnip-rooted cabbage) 

 The bulb which grows on the stalk a few inches 

 above the ground is the edible part of this vege- 



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