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try it is now cultivated to some extent in private gar- 

 dens only. Its handsome leaves are as attractive as many 

 of our prized flower garden "foliage plants," and no 

 doubt it would be much valued if we could only regard 

 it without the idea of its being only a Beet. 



BORECOLE OR KALE. (Brassica oleracea. Far.) 



A variety of this, receiving the rather indefinite term 

 of "Sprouts," is extensively grown for the Northern 

 markets, many acres of it being cultivated in the vicinity 

 of New York. It is sown in the month of September in 

 rows one foot apart, treated in every way as Spinach, and 

 is ready for use in early spring. It is difficult to keep in 

 some soils in winter ; those of rather a light nature being 

 the best. When successfully wintered over, it is a very 

 profitable crop, not unfrequently selling for $500 per acre. 

 The variety thus grown is known in the seed stores as 

 Dwarf German Greens. Another class of it is cultivated 

 as we grow late Cabbage ; it is sown in the open ground 

 in May, and planted out at distances, according to the 

 variety, from two to three feet apart. Of all the Cabbage 

 tribe this is the most tender and delicate, and it is sur- 

 prising that it has never yet been wanted in quantity 

 enough to make it a marketable vegetable, not one head 

 being sold to one thousand of the coarse winter Cabbage. 

 The varieties are very numerous ; those below described 

 are all standard sorts. 



"Siberian Dwarf Curled Kale," "Dwcrf German 

 Greens," or " Sprouts." (See figure 23.) The leaves 

 are of a bluish green, resembling somewhat the foliage of 

 the Ruta Baga Turnip. It is of delicate flavor and in 

 every way desirable. It is the popular market variety. 

 This is the kind grown exactly as Spinach ; it is culti- 

 vated in immense quantities South for Northern markets. 



