PRACTICAL GARDENING 



vegetable is at its highest quality. If allowed 

 to grow large it becomes woody. 



Kohl-rabi is easily grown, takes up little 

 room and is always a sure crop. It has only 

 one enemy, the cabbage worm, which is easily 

 controlled by dusting the plant with powdered 

 arsenate. 



Callard is used for greens. The leaves when 

 young are very tender and delicious. The 

 culture of callard is the same as kale. The 

 plants should be set three feet apart each 

 way. 



Sea Kale is not commonly known in this 

 country but it is quickly finding its place in 

 some of the best gardens. The leaf stalk is the 

 part used and is ready for use before asparagus 

 or rhubarb. 



Seed may be sown in the open, early in the 

 spring in furrows one foot apart and one-half 

 inch deep. Thin out the seedlings to six 

 inches apart in the row. Protect the crowns 

 of these plants with manure after the hard 

 frosts have set in. After the first year trans- 



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