ON THE ONION FAMILY 



a looser habit of growth, the plant being also 

 considerably larger. This also is a pleasant, spicy 

 vegetable when cooked. 



All the Chinese mustards run to seed quickly 

 at the approach of warm weather, so the seed is 

 usually sown quite early in the winter. The young 

 plants are stimulated to rapid growth by good 

 cultivation and fertilization, and fine large plants 

 are ready for the market in the early spring. The 

 plants are usually grown on raised beds and are 

 planted about a foot apart each way. These are 

 really remarkable vegetables that should be much 

 more generally cultivated in the United States. 



In the Northern States, unless planted very 

 early in cold frames, they run to seed without 

 forming the large, succulent head that gives them 

 value. 



Both the black and white mustard are common 

 plants in California, the black mustard in particu- 

 lar being prized for culinary purposes when young 

 and tender early in the spring and winter. The 

 white mustard grows in enormous quantities in the 

 fields, especially in the region about Monterey 

 Bay, where the seed is collected by the ton, to be 

 ground into commercial mustard. The white 

 mustard in particular may become a pest, as it is 

 exceedingly difficult to eradicate it, the seeds 



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