148 AMERICAN HOME GARDEX. 



It is somewhat curious, from the combination in appearance 

 and flavor of the cabbage and turnip, but is really not worth 

 raising, though becoming common in our markets from the 

 demand for it among our German people, to whom it seems as 

 a memorial of " fatherland." 



LEEK. 



French, Porreau. German, Porro. Spanish, Puerro. 



SCOTCH, LONDON, &c. (name not material). 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow thinly in shallow drills fifteen inches apart, in rich soil ; 

 cover lightly, and if dry, give water. When from four to eight 

 inches high, thin them carefully to six inches apart in the row. 

 Keep them clean with frequent hoeings, and gradually earth 

 up to blanch and sweeten them. 



Time : sow at the earliest opening of spring, and thin or 

 transplant as above directed. At the South a second sowing 

 may be made in early fall, treating the plants in the same 

 manner. 



The plants obtained by thinning may be set out in well- 

 prepared drills or furrows three or four inches deep, and if 

 carefully hoed and earthed up as above directed, will grow 

 large and fine for their appropriate uses in soups, &c., in win- 

 ter and spring. 



The leek is a perfectly hardy species of onion, with a rather 

 broad flag leaf, and swelling but slightly, the neck formed by 

 the leaf-sheaths being its chief product for use. 



LETTUCE. 



French, Laitue. German, Gartensalat. Spanish, Lechuga. 



1. IMPERIAL ICE-HEAD. 2. SILESIAN. 3. WHITE CABBAGE. 

 4. CURLED INDIA. 5. TENNIS BALL. 6. GREEN HEAD. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow thinly in very shallow drills, a foot apart, in your rich- 

 est soil. Cover lightly, and if dry, give water. For head salad 



