192 THE CAMPAIGN IN SEPTEMBER. 



In addition to what was used in the family in 

 the spring of '71, there were thirty-one and one- 

 fourth bushels sold, realizing forty-six dollars 

 and sixty-four cents. In the following fall, little 

 seed was sown, and that was nearly all killed out 

 by the hard open winter. But the fall of '72 

 promised a crop double in amount to any I have 

 raised before. 



The seed of another vegetable belonging to 

 the Kale family is also sown in September, and 

 its culture and treatment is the same as that of 

 spinach. Dwarf German greens or " sprouts " 

 is the variety that succeeds best, and has the 

 readiest sale. Its foliage resembles that of the 

 Ruta-baga Turnip, and it is cut and used in the 

 spring precisely as spinach. Its flavor is like 

 il-ut of the cabbage, but more delicate, and 

 coming when vegetables are scarce, it adds to 

 the variety, and is welcome. Wherever there 

 ate Germans there is no difficulty in selling it, 



