62 THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES 



INDIAN CORN, or MAIZE 



(Zea Mays) 



MAIZE is a tender plant of great beauty, that maybe grown as a table 

 vegetable, a forage plant, or a corn crop, but in the last-named capacity 

 it is rarely profitable in this country owing to the brevity of our 

 summers. As an ornamental plant it is entitled to consideration, and 

 the more so because while adorning the garden with its noble out- 

 lines and splendid silken tufts, it will at the same time supply to the 

 table the green cobs that are so much valued when cooked and 

 served in the same manner as Asparagus. 



There is a simple rough and ready way of growing Maize, the first 

 step towards which is to prepare a deep rich soil, in a sunny and 

 sheltered situation. Late in April or early in May, dibble, fully five 

 inches deep, the seeds of Maize in rows three feet asunder and one 

 foot apart in the row. When the plants have made some progress, 

 remove every other one, these thinnings to be destroyed or planted 

 at discretion, as young Maize transplants as well as anything. The 

 plantation will almost take care of itself, for the plant is of the most 

 thrifty habit when the weather is warm enough to suit it. But a 

 deluge of water may be given during the hottest weather to great 

 advantage, for in its native country, and indeed wherever it thoroughly 

 thrives, it will be found to depend largely on frequent storms. In 

 good soil, with a vigorous variety, especially in a hot moist season, 

 the rows for the planted-out crop should be four feet apart, and the 

 plants three feet, and then they will pleasantly rustle their leaves 

 together. 



KALE (See BORECOLE, page 23) 



KNOL KOHL 



(Brassica oleracea Caulo-rapa) 



KOHL RAIJI OR KNOL KOHL is thought little of in this country, 

 because we can almost always command tender and tasty Turnips. 

 But on the Continent it is otherwise. There we see Kohl Rabi in 



