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Oval Monarch, Tankard, or Elephant Swedish Turnip. 

 A large, oval-shaped not deep-rooted variety ; the unburied portion 



red; strong leaf -stalks; 

 leaves only slightly cut, 

 with rounded edges and 

 slightly crimped. A heavy 

 cropper ; much grown in 

 England for cattle-feeding. 



The variety called 

 Kangaroo resembles the 

 Oval Swede in shape and 

 growth, but differs from it 

 by the green-bronzy colour 

 of the neck. 



Early Flat Yellow 

 Swedish Turnip. This is 



Early Flat Yellow Swedish Turnip. more a kitchen-garden than 



a field variety, with a flat, 



smooth, and clean-skinned root, faintly tinged with green on the 

 upper part ; leaves rather few, short, and closely set. The root 

 of this variety swells more speedily than that of any other kind, 

 and it is the best for kitchen-garden culture. 



Other and true Turnips will be found in their place farther on 

 in this book. 



Chinese Cabbage (Brassica sinensis, L. ; Chinese, Pak-choi). 

 Native of China. Annual. 

 Although this plant is un- 

 doubtedly a Cabbage, it is 

 more like a Leaf-Beet or 

 Chard. The leaves are ob- 

 long or oval, dark shining 

 green, and narrowed to a 

 long, very white, swollen and 

 fleshy stalk. It soon runs 

 to seed, and the flower-stems 

 resemble those of a Cabbage ; 

 the seed-vessels, however, 

 are shorter and thicker than 

 those of the European 

 Cabbages. The seed is 

 round, small, and brown or 

 blackish red. Their germi- 

 nating power lasts for five 



years Chinese Cabbage. 



CULTURE. The Pak-choi grows rapidly, and may be sown 

 almost all through the year. If sown in the spring, however, or in 



