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as the turnip. 



VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



It is more highly estesmed than turnips for 

 early summer use. 

 Like turnips it 

 should be sown 

 where it is to mature, 

 and it may be stored 

 in winter like turnips. 

 Varieties. There 

 are small tender va- 

 rieties especially de- 

 signed for table use 

 and others that grow 

 to large size and are 

 valuable for feeding 

 stock. Two of the 

 best fortableuse are 

 the White, or Purple, 

 Vienna. 



LEEKS. [Allium 

 Porrum. ) 



Said to be a na- 

 tive of Switzerland. 

 —Biennial. — The leek is closely allied to the onion, which 

 it resembles in flavor, color of seed and flower. However, it 

 does not form a bulb but a straight 

 bunch of leaves, that are used al- 

 most entirely in a fresh, or un- 

 cooked, condition. The leaves are 

 flat instead of round and hollow, as 

 is the case with onions. As yet the 

 vegetable is little grown in this 

 country except around the large ci- 

 ties . Q^y, O 



Cultivation. Its requirements are 

 about the same, and it may be culti- 

 vated in much the same way as the 

 onion, but it is more common to sow 

 the seed early in spring and trans- Fi £- 79 - Leek, 



plant in the summer, setting plants very deep, as the market value 



Fig, 



Kohl-rabi. 



