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are trimmed off, the roots are preserved in cellars in dry 

 sand, where they keep good till the spring. 



It is much used in Germany ; it is of great excel- 

 lence, and is dressed in a variety of ways, but generally 

 stewed. 



It requires to be sown on a poor, dry, sandy soil. A 

 total absence of manure is essential to the perfection of 

 these roots. 



75. WINTER GREENS, 



IN SUCCESSION AS THEY COME TO TABLE. 



1. Green Savoy. 9. Thousand-headed Cabbage. 



2. Dwarf Savoy. Chou a milles t&es. 



3. Yellow Savoy. 10. Chou de Milan. 



4. Brussels Sprouts. 11. Egyptian Kale. 



5. Green Borecole. Rabi Kale. 



6. Colebrooke-Dale Borecole. Kohl Rabi. 



7. Purple Borecole. 12. , Ragged Jack. 

 Brown Kale. 13. Jerusalem Kale. 



8. German Borecole. Buda Kale. 

 Scotch Kale. Manchester Kale. 

 Curlies 1 of the Scotch Prussian Kale. 

 Curled Kale. S Gardeners. Russian Kale. 



No. 3., the true sort, is to be found at Kew. 



No. 6. is a very dwarf sort of Borecole, and the best. 



No. 8. is a variety of No. 5., but much superior : it 

 is sold frequently hi the shops for Scotch Kale. 



The Savoys and late Winter Greens may be sown the 

 third week in March, and the strongest plants put out 

 in June, leaving the others for succession crops if de- 

 sired, to be planted in July. The Dwarf Winter Greens, 

 not being required to attain much size before the winter, 

 ought not to be sown till the middle of May, nor be 

 planted out before July ; but it must be remembered, 

 that as the Jerusalem, or Buda Kale, is expected to 

 furnish a supply much longer than most of the others, 

 and until late in the spring, a greater breadth of ground 

 should be allowed for this kind, and that a second plant- 



