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The flesh is fine-grained and of excellent quality, even in full- 

 grown plants. The lateness of this variety makes it valuable for 

 autumn and winter use. Pulled in October, before the balls have 

 attained their full size, and stored under cover, they will keep good 

 for several months. 



The Purple Goliath K. differs from the above only in the purple 

 tinge of its ball. 



White Vienna Kohl-Rabi. A handsome, very delicately 

 formed, and early variety, differing from the Common White kind 



in the fewness and smallness of its leaves, 

 which are seldom more than 8 or 10 in. 

 in length, with stalks no thicker than a 

 goose-quill. The ball also forms more 

 speedily in this variety, and is large enough 

 to be eaten in two months and a half or 

 three months from the time of sowing. 



Early Purple Vienna Kohl-Rabi. 

 This variety, the ball of which is purple, 

 is in most other respects the same as the 

 preceding kind, but without its delicacy of 

 form or earliness. They are the two best 

 kinds for kitchen-garden culture, especially 

 for forcing or late sowings. 

 ,.,.,. The Artichoke-leaved Kohl-Rabi is a 



Vienna Kohl-Rabi *.i_ "" V * j ^ i j 



( natural size). rather late and moderately productive 



variety, only remarkable for the peculiarity 



of its leaves, which are divided into segments, and at some distance 

 look like the leaves of an Artichoke. 



The Neapolitan Kohl-Rabi with curled leaves is, in fact, of 

 more account as Borecole than as a Kohl-Rabi, as the swelling of 

 the stem is often of very small dimensions. 



TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE (SWEDISH TURNIP) 



French, Chou-navet. German, KohlrUbe, Wrucken. Flemish, Steekraap. Dutch, 

 Koolraapen onder den grond. Danish, Roe. Italian, Cavolo navone. Spanish, 

 Col nabo, Nabicol. Portuguese, Couve nabo. 



The varieties of Turnip-rooted Cabbages differ from the Kohl- 

 Rabi in that, instead of having the stem swollen over-ground, they 

 produce, partially buried in the soil, a thick root which is about as 

 long as it is broad, resembling a huge Turnip, and of which the 

 flesh is yellow in the Rutabagas or Swedish Turnips, and white in 

 the other kinds. The characters of the leaves and flowers of these 

 plants indicate plainly that they are true Cabbages, 



CULTURE. All the varieties like a stiff and moist soil, and grow 

 best in climates that are a little moist. They suffer from very hot 



