BORECOLE OR KALE. 25 
BORECOLE OR KALE. 
This is a member of the cabbage family and method 
of cultivation is similar to that for cabbage. The differ- 
ent varieties of borecole readily mix and care must be 
exercised in growing a seed-crop to keep them far apart 
from each other. In fact, even cabbage itself or any of 
its sub-varieties, should not be permitted to flower in 
the vicinity of a crop of borecole, as mixture may re- 
sult from pollen being carried from one variety to an- 
other by bees, flies or the wind. 
Stock-seed, or seed used for growing the main seed- 
crop, should be perfectly true. While this is impor- 
tant, the careful grower does not depend altogether on 
his stock-seed, but examines the growing crop and 
rogues it carefully before blossoming time, removing all 
plants which show impurity; also pulling up and de- 
stroying all which display single leaves, for the best 
kale should have leaves which are as curled as possible. 
Make sowing of seed late in the summer or about 
August 20th, according to climate or latitude. The 
rows should be made three to four feet apart, plants 
being thinned to two feet apart. As borecole is hardy, 
the crop is allowed to remain over winter in the field 
where it is grown. In spring the soil about the plants 
should be loosened with a hoe or a cultivator, which 
will be about all the cultivation necessary. 
Harvest when the bulk of the seed-pods have turned 
yellow, but they should not be allowed to become too 
dry, or seed may spill out. The cutting should be 
done on a clear, dry day, early in the forenoon, or when 
the dew is on; it should be done by hand, using a long, 
heavy-bladed knife for the purpose. The stalks are 
gathered in small heaps, the heads laid one way; they 
