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Euta Baga and tliey yield a larger weight of roots 

 to the acre than Turnips. The ground should be 

 prepared and ridged, as directed for Carrots, and the 

 seed sown on these drills, using one and a half pounds 

 of fresh seed to the acre. They should be treated in 

 every way like Turnips, the only difference being, 

 that they should not be left standing quite as thick 

 in the rows. Eight or ten inches apart will be found 

 close enough. The leaves of the Kohl-Eabi are 

 equally valuable for feeding purposes as the roots. 

 One bushel of these roots is worth nearly two bush- 

 els of the common White Turnip, for cattle, and 

 they are fully equal, if not superior, to the best Ruta 

 Baga. The seed should be sown in July, and the 

 roots can be pitted in the Fall in the same way as 

 Turnips, Carrots, or Beets. 



Or, the seed can be sown in a seed-bed and 

 transplanted if more convenient. Although for field- 

 culture we prefer sowing the seed in place, and 

 thinning out the plants to the proper distance apart. 



Yauieties. — There are only two kinds of Kohl- 

 Kabi, that are grown to any extent. 



Eaely White. — This is the best variety, both for 

 the kitchen-garden and market. It is of a glossy 

 white color, flesh tender while young, and good for 

 the table when the bulbs are three or four inches in 

 diameter. 



Eaely Pueple. — This variety is in every way 

 similar to the White except in color, which the name 

 designates. For table use, it is just as good, but it 

 does not sell as well in market, on account of the 

 color. 



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