KOHL-RABILEEK. 93 



KOHL-RABI, OR TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE, 



This vegetable belongs to the cabbage tribe, but the 

 stem swells out, assuming a globular form resembling a 

 turnip, this being the edible part. 



It requires the same soil and treatment as the turnip, 

 and as it does not bear transplanting well, it should always 

 be raised from seeds sown in the bed where it is to be 

 grown. The soil should be rich and mellow, so as to 

 induce a rapid, quick growth, and so produce a tender, 

 succulent bulb stalk, for such it really is, being simply an 

 adpressed, enlarged cabbage stem. 



The seed should be sown in this section during the 

 month of June, but may be sown in May or July, accord- 

 ing to latitude. It should be sown in rows eighteen inches 

 apart, and after the plants have come up, they should be 

 thinned out to ten or twelve inches apart. The after cul- 

 tivation consists in keeping the beds well hoed and clear 

 of weeds. The proper time for using the bulbs is when 

 they are three or four inches in diameter. 



There are seven or eight varieties grown, but the best 

 for garden purposes is the Early White Vienna. Of this 

 there is a purple variety, but it only differs from the first 

 in color. 



LEEK 



The soil for this vegetable can scarcely be made too rich 

 and mellow, or kept too mellow. 



The seed should be sown in a seed bed hi good rich soil, 

 in a sheltered situation, towards the end of March or early 

 in April, in drills an inch deep and eight to ten inches 

 apart. The beds should be kept scrupulously clean of 



